chapter_3.rb

'Hello.'
'Ruby rocks.'
'Nobody deserves a mime, Buffy.'
'Snoopy says #%^?&*@! when he stubs his toe.'
'     '
''

puts 'Hello, world!'
puts ''
puts 'Good-bye.'

puts

puts 'I like' + 'apple pie.'

puts 'I like ' + 'apple pie.'
puts 'I like' + ' apple pie.'

puts

puts 'blink ' * 4

puts

puts 12 + 12
puts '12' + '12'
puts '12 + 12'

puts

puts 2 * 5
puts '2' * 5
puts '2 * 5'

puts

#puts '12' + 12
#puts '2' * '5'
#puts'Betty' + 12
#puts 'Fred' * 'John'
# this is code that has problems ... it needs a counsler...the code writer

#puts 'you're swell!' 
# This gets a error as-well. ha get it as well...a-s-w-e-l-l... s-w-e-l-l....HAAAA!

puts 'You\'re swell!'

puts

puts 'You\'re swell!'
puts 'backslash at the end of a string:  \\'
puts 'up\\down'
puts 'up\down'