Difference between single and double quotes in Flutter/Dart

Single and double quotes both work in Dart

final myString = 'hello';

is the same as

final myString = "hello";

Delimiters need to be escaped

Use a \ backslash to escape single quotes in a single quote string.

final myString = 'Bob\'s dog';            // Bob's dog

Same thing to escape double quotes in a double quote string.

final myString = "a \"quoted\" word";     // a "quoted" word

But no need to escape anything if the delimiter is different.

final myString = "Bob's dog";             // Bob's dog
final myString = 'a "quoted" word';       // a "quoted" word

Also no need to worry about the value passed into an interpolated string.

final value=""quoted"";                 // "quoted"
final myString = "a $value word";         // a "quoted" word

Prefer single quotes in Flutter

The Flutter style guide recommends using single quotes for everything

final myString = 'hello';

except for nested strings

print('Hello ${name.split(" ")[0]}');

or strings containing single quotes (optional)

final myString = "Bob's dog";
final myString = 'Bob\'s dog';  // ok

The Dart style guide appears to be silent on the issue.

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