(* basic string literals *) puts 'foo' "foo"; (* string literals with spaces *) puts 'foo bar baz' "foo bar baz"; (* string literals with escaped quotes *) puts 'won\'t you' "quoth the raven \"nevermore\""; (* string literals with escaped newlines *) puts 'this\nthat' "one\ntwo"; (* various escapes *) puts '\n\t\r' "\n\t\r";