Exercise 10 - Learn Ruby the Hard Way

gistfile1.rb

# the variable tabby_cat is assigned the value of the string;
# the \t (backslash t) tabs the line in
tabby_cat = "\tI'm tabbed in."

# the variable persian_cat is assigned the value of the string;
# the \n (backslash n) puts the rest of the string on a new line
persian_cat = "I'm split \non a line."

# the variable backslash_cat is assigned the value of the string;
# the \\ (backslash backslash) prints a backslash character
backslash_cat = "I'm \\ a \\ cat."

# the variable fat_cat is assigned the value of the list MY_HEREDOC;
# This is a HEREDOC. The << symbol with a name written in uppercase acts like the <<PARAGRAPH you can write as many lines as you want in between 
fat_cat = <<MY_HEREDOC
I'll do a list:
\t* Cat food
\t* Fishies
\t* Catnip\n\t* Grass
MY_HEREDOC

# the puts method prints the variables
puts tabby_cat
puts persian_cat
puts backslash_cat
puts fat_cat