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	As of <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> version 7.8, the <var class="product">~~User Language~~</var> and <var class="product">[[Janus SOAP]]</var> compiler accepts either a single-quotation-mark character (<tt>'</tt>) or a double-quotation-mark character (<tt>"</tt>) as a quoted-string delimiter.		As of <var class="product">Sirius Mods</var> version 7.8, the <var class="product">[[SOUL]]</var> and <var class="product">[[Janus SOAP]]</var> compiler accepts either a single-quotation-mark character (<tt>'</tt>) or a double-quotation-mark character (<tt>"</tt>) as a quoted-string delimiter.
	Prior to this version, only a single-quotation-mark character (also called an		Prior to this version, only a single-quotation-mark character (also called an
	''apostrophe'') could be such a delimiter.		''apostrophe'') could be such a delimiter.
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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>The statements below are equivalent as of version 7.8:		<li>The statements below are equivalent as of version 7.8:
	<p class="code"> %n = 'abc':stringToHex		<p class="code">%n = 'abc':stringToHex
			%n = "abc":stringToHex
	%n = "abc":stringToHex
	</p>		</p>
	<li>The hex string produced by the statements below as of version 7.8 is		<li>The hex string produced by the statements below as of version 7.8 is
	<code>818283</code>:		<code>818283</code>:
	<p class="code"> printText {'abc':stringToHex}		<p class="code">printText {'abc':stringToHex}
			printText {"abc":stringToHex}
	printText {"abc":stringToHex}
	</p>		</p>
	<li>The first and second statements below are equivalent as of version 7.8,		<li>The first and second statements below are equivalent as of version 7.8,
	producing the string <code>IT'S COOL!</code>:		producing the string <code>IT'S COOL!</code>:
	<p class="code"><nowiki> printText {'It''s cool!':toUpper}		<p class="code"><nowiki>printText {'It''s cool!':toUpper}
			printText {"It's cool!":toUpper}
	printText {"It's cool!":toUpper}		printText {"It''s cool!":toUpper}</nowiki>

	printText {"It''s cool!":toUpper}</nowiki>
	</p>		</p>
	The last statement in the example above produces the string <code><nowiki>IT''S COOL!</nowiki></code>,		The last statement in the example above produces the string <code><nowiki>IT''S COOL!</nowiki></code>,
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	single quotation mark does not escape it if the quoted string is delimited with double quotation marks.		single quotation mark does not escape it if the quoted string is delimited with double quotation marks.
	</ol>		</ol>
	'''Note:'''		<p class="note">'''Note:'''
	Since this double quotation mark feature is restricted to the compiler, it does not affect command parsing,		Since this double quotation mark feature is restricted to the compiler, it does not affect command parsing, and the following command is still '''''invalid''''': </p>
	and the following command is still '''''invalid''''':
	<p class="code"> RESET FUNCOPTS X"00"		<p class="code"> RESET FUNCOPTS X"00"
	</p>		</p>
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	The "continuation of a string literal" refers to the peculiar <var class="product">User Language</var> concept that a quoted token does not end until it reaches a space or separator character after the closing quotation mark character.		The "continuation of a string literal" refers to the peculiar <var class="product">User Language</var> concept that a quoted token does not end until it reaches a space or separator character after the closing quotation mark character.
	So, the following statement prints <code>Hello</code>:		So, the following statement prints <code>Hello</code>:
	<p class="code"> print 'Hel'lo		<p class="code">print 'Hel'lo
	</p>		</p>

	You can also continue the quoted region:		You can also continue the quoted region:
	<p class="code"> print 'Hel'lo' World'		<p class="code">print 'Hel'lo' World'
	</p>		</p>
	This prints <code>Hello World</code>.		This prints <code>Hello World</code>.
	In addition, you can quote parts of unquoted tokens:		In addition, you can quote parts of unquoted tokens:
	<p class="code"> pr'int' 'Hello World'		<p class="code">pr'int' 'Hello World'
	</p>		</p>

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	The letter labels on the left		The letter labels on the left
	are not part of the request but are for the commentary that follows:		are not part of the request but are for the commentary that follows:
	<p class="code"> Begin		<p class="code"> Begin
	(A) %b'y' string len 255		(A) %b'y' string len 255
	%b'y' = 'abc'		%b'y' = 'abc'
	print %b'y'		print %b'y'
	(B) print %by		(B) print %by
	call foobar		call foobar
	(C) subroutine foo'bar'		(C) subroutine foo'bar'
	(D) print "here I am"		(D) print "here I am"
	(E) print 'come and 'g"et"		(E) print 'come and 'g"et"
	(F) print "say ""uncle"""		(F) print "say ""uncle"""
	(G) print "Bob's"Your"Uncle"		(G) print "Bob's"Your"Uncle"
	end subroutine		end subroutine
	end		end
	</p>		</p>
	<table>		<table>
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	The following statement would produce a compilation error:		The following statement would produce a compilation error:
	<p class="code"> print 'say'Uncle" Bob"		<p class="code">print 'say'Uncle" Bob"
	</p>		</p>

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	quotation mark character is allowed to produce a quoted piece of the token.		quotation mark character is allowed to produce a quoted piece of the token.
	For example, the following statement is valid:		For example, the following statement is valid:
	<p class="code"> %x = foo'BAR'		<p class="code">%x = foo'BAR'
	</p>		</p>

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	However, the following statement results in <code>%x</code> being set to the		However, the following statement results in <code>%x</code> being set to the
	value of field FOO"BAR":		value of field FOO"BAR":
	<p class="code"> %x = foo"BAR"		<p class="code">%x = foo"BAR"
	</p>		</p>

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