Double Quote (") Token

Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)

Description

Double quote is used to initiate and terminate strict strings where variables can be expanded.

Commands can also be quoted using double quotes (eg where a command might contain a space character in it's name) however variables cannot be used as part of a command name.

Examples

» set: example="World!"

» out: "Hello $example"
Hello World!

Detail

Quotes can also work over multiple lines

» out: "foo
» bar"
foo
bar

See Also

• Array (@) Token: Expand values as an array
• Brace Quote (%(, )) Tokens: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
• Curly Brace ({, }) Tokens: Initiates or terminates a code block
• Single Quote (') Token: Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)
• String ($) Token: Expand values as a string
• Tilde (~) Token: Home directory path variable
• ( (brace quote): Write a string to the STDOUT without new line
• out: Print a string to the STDOUT with a trailing new line character
• set: Define a local variable and set it's value