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Strings

Pure and rich string forms.

Forms

'pure'           ; no escapes, no interp, no interior '
"rich\n{name}"   ; escapes + {name} interp

Rules

String concatenation with + is unavailable. Build text with rich strings. == and != compare content.

Interpolation

Rich strings interpolate a bound name with {name}. Inside a method, {.field} reads from the receiver. Pure strings preserve their contents literally and cannot contain an interior single quote.

$ name = 'Ada'
$ visits = 3
$ message = "Hello, {name}; visits={visits}\n"