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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."

Solutions by @jonathan_s:

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Solutions by @jonathan_s:

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#98 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 11:00AM

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#>404 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:58AM

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#>561 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:57AM

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#>780 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:57AM

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#>953 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:56AM

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#>1007 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:55AM

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#>1034 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:52AM

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#>1049 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:51AM

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#>1060 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:51AM

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#>1069 - Jonathan Slenders / @jonathan_s

01/29/2014 at 10:50AM