double quotes
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A “string” is a set of letters the computer can process, surrounded by double quotes.
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2012
The numeral 1, the lower-case letter l, the exclamation mark ! and the capital I are routinely confused, and often, single or double quotes may be mistaken for one of these.
From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim
The representation of ditto marks in the calculation sections of Chapter VII by double quotes rather than double prime marks conforms to the original.
From The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America by Stuck, Hudson
Also, many occurrences of mismatched single and double quotes remain as published.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various
The problem of quotes can assume nightmarish proportions in a text which contains a lot of dialog, particularly when single and double quotes are nested.
From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim
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