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quotes inside quotes

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

Start file
This string contains a 'quoted' word.
This string contains 'two' quoted 'words.'
This 'string doesn't make things easy.'
End file
This string contains a "quoted" word.
This string contains "two" quoted "words."
This "string doesn't make things easy."

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< This string contains a 'quoted' word.
< This string contains 'two' quoted 'words.'
< This 'string doesn't make things easy.'
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> This string contains a "quoted" word.
> This string contains "two" quoted "words."
> This "string doesn't make things easy."

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Solutions by @flimsy_giraffe:
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#348 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 12:39PM

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#>505 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 12:38PM

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#>660 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 12:38PM

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#>938 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 12:36PM

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#>938 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 12:37PM

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#>974 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 04:21AM

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#>995 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 04:20AM

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#>1010 - Flimsy Giraffe / @flimsy_giraffe

11/28/2021 at 04:19AM