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A string is a sequence of bytes (characters) enclosed in quotes
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#The following shows three ways to quote a string:
# Single quotes: 'It rains in Spain';
# Double quotes: "It rains in Spain";
# Here document:
# print <<END;
# It
# rains in
# Spain
# END
$question = 'wouldn\'t mind'; # Single quotes
$answer = '"No."'; # Single quotes
$line = "\t it isn't \n";
$temperature = "78";
print "It is currently $temperature degrees";
# Variables are interpreted when enclosed in double quotes, but not single quotes
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