Syntax - “ - Begin String Literal

Characters: “

Tags: literal , string , number , array

The beginners' page has a more thorough explanation of Jelly syntax and tokenization.

Functionality

Begin a string literal. String literals can be terminated with various characters that change the decoding of the string.

Details

The following characters exist as string terminators:

• ” (String Literal Terminator)
• « (Unmapped String Literal Terminator)
• » (Dictionary-Compressed String Terminator)
• ‘ (Codepage Index List Terminator)
• ’ (Base 250 Number Terminator)

If another “ is encountered while scanning a string literal, the literal becomes a list, and each subsection divided by “s is evaluated according to the string terminator. If the end of the file is reached before the string is closed, it is automatically terminated with ”.