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Quotation mark (" and ') (Delimiter)

String literal delimiter.

Availability:

ECMAScript edition - 2

JavaScript - 1.0

JScript - 1.0

Internet Explorer - 3.0

Netscape - 2.0

Netscape Enterprise Server - 2.0

Opera - 3.0

Property/method value type: String primitive

JavaScript syntax: - 'ABCDEF'

- "ABCDEF"

See also: ASCII, Escape sequence (\), Escaped JavaScript quotes in HTML, Line terminator, Literal, Punctuator, String, Unicode, var

Refer to:

ECMA 262 edition 2 - section - 7.7.3

ECMA 262 edition 2 - section - 7.7.4

ECMA 262 edition 3 - section - 7.8.4

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