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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T18:15:42+00:00 2026-05-10T18:15:42+00:00

Is there support in Ruby for (for lack of a better word) non-escaped (verbatim)

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Is there support in Ruby for (for lack of a better word) non-escaped (verbatim) strings?

Like in C#:

@'c:\Program Files\' 

…or in Tcl:

{c:\Program Files\} 
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  1. 2026-05-10T18:15:43+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Yes, you need to prefix your string with % and then a single character delineating its type.

    The one you want is %q{c:\program files\}.

    The pickaxe book covers this nicely here, section is General Delimited Input.

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