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single-quoted-string

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single-quoted-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""'"Explore production: single-quoted-string-contentsingle-quoted-string-content"'"
Production LiteralBranch: choiceBypass: optionalLoop: repeat
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single-quoted-string =
    [ "b" | "B" ] , "'" , single-quoted-string-content , "'" ;

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single-quoted-string-content
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