How to print \ "in Ruby

Question

The ruby quotes can be printed in a row, if it immediately precedes the backslash: print " \" "

.

But how do I print \"

in ruby without the backslash disappearing due to the presence of the quote mark just before it?

Thanks in advance.

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user4493605 31 jul. '15 at 6:42

1 answer

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31T06:46:33+0000

You can use single quote ( '

) instead of double quote ( "

) to prevent interpretation of the escape sequence:

irb(main):001:0> print '\"'
\"=> nil

or %q{...}

, if there are many in the line '

:

irb(main):002:0> print %q{\"}
\"=> nil