print "Enter name: " name = gets.chomp puts "Your name is #{name}" adjective = "dusty" puts %q{These runes are "#{adjective}," wouldn't you say?} puts %Q{These runes are "#{adjective}," wouldn't you say?} puts %Q{Math isn't exactly my "strong suit," what with 2 + 1 being #{2 + 2}} puts %Q{ Perhaps a multiline alternate quoting is of your liking, #{name}? One in which 'single' and "double" quotes are both safe without #{adjective} quoting? Smashing! }