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<B>STRING</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>type</B><P>
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A <em>string</em> is any collection of characters enclosed in double quotation 
marks (<em>&quot;</em>). It may be used as an argument for a variety of commands
 
and operators, such as <em>in</em>, <em>rederr</em> and <em>write</em>. 
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write &quot;this is a string&quot;; 

  this is a string 


write a, &quot; &quot;, b, &quot; &quot;,c,&quot;!&quot;; 

  A B C!

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