Unquoted strings

Unquoted strings are the most basic form of string. They are written as a sequence of characters, without any quotes.

This is an unquoted string

Advantages:

  • Easy to write
  • Backslashes (\) are not interpreted as escape characters. This means that you can write a string containing a backslash without having to escape it.
    • Special characters like newlines and tabs are not interpreted as escape characters.
    • Makes it easy to type a string containing jme commands.

Disadvantages:

  • Newlines (enters) can only be inserted by leaving a blank line.
  • Can't contain colons (:) followed by a space or a hashtag (#) after a space.