# Re: nuby: %w to understand quotes

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-nuby-w-to-understand-quotes/94172>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 24, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-nuby-w-to-understand-quotes/94172 "2006-04-24T04:28:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PeSSSSaS\_Botp](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/PeSSSSaS_Botp)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-nuby-w-to-understand-quotes/94172/1 "2006-04-24T04:28:26Z")

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Ross B. [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] wrote:

# Perhaps you are looking for shellwords?

# 

# require ‘shellwords’

# Shellwords.shellwords %{this is “just a” test}

# # =\> [“this”, “is”, “just a”, “test”]

Yes! very cool. That’s it, Ross.

I am also considering Ara’s yaml solution for some (very long text)  
cases.

Thank you, Ross and Ara.

kind regards -botp