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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 @vvandy:

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Solutions by @vvandy:

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#178 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 05:02AM

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#>178 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 05:21AM

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#>178 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 05:59AM

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#>436 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 04:59AM

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#>436 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 05:01AM

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#>601 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 04:53AM

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#>611 - Wade / @vvandy

05/12/2015 at 09:13PM

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#>846 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 04:53AM

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#>990 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 04:53AM

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#>1024 - Wade / @vvandy

12/16/2014 at 04:50AM