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nowdoc-string

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nowdoc-string railroad diagramRead left to right. Branches are alternatives, bypasses are optional, and loops repeat. Select a production to explore it. The EBNF and linked references follow below."b""B""<<<"" ""\t""'"Explore production: heredoc-labelheredoc-label"'"Explore production: newlinenewlineExplore production: nowdoc-bodynowdoc-body" ""\t"Explore production: heredoc-labelheredoc-label
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
EBNF source
nowdoc-string =
    [ "b" | "B" ] , "<<<" , { " " | "\t" } ,
    "'" , heredoc-label , "'" , newline , nowdoc-body , { " " | "\t" } , heredoc-label ;

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