Quoting strings

There are three ways to quote strings: with double quotes, with single quotes, and with square brackets.

Double quote characters " mark the beginning and end of the string. Here is an example:

print("This is my string.")  -- This is my string.

You can also quote strings using the single quote character '. Single quotes work the same as double quotes, except that single-quoted strings can contain a double quote. Here is an example:

print('This is another string.')  -- This is another string.

print('She said, "Hello!" ')  -- She said, "Hello!"

Finally, using a pair of square brackets will also quote strings. They are used mainly for strings when double or single quotes cannot be used. There are not many cases where this occurs, but they will do the job:

print([[Is it 'this' or "that?"]]) -- Is it 'this' or "that?"