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Placeholders can be used in strings to automatically substitute the values in the final string. container = "cup" liquid = "coffee" string = "Filling the #{container} with #{liquid}..." The above String - when printed - will say: Filling the cup with coffee... Yo...

Block strings can be used to hold formatted or indentation-sensitive text (or, if you just don't feel like escaping quotes and apostrophes). The indentation level that begins the block is maintained throughout, so you can keep it all aligned with the body of your code. html = """ ...

Multiline strings are allowed in CoffeeScript. Lines are joined by a single space unless they end with a backslash. Indentation is ignored. mobyDick = "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago -- never mind how long precisely -- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to ...