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# String Literals

A string is a set of characters inside double quotes (").

Example: `"This is a string."`

This example uses valid syntax:

```nolang
accounts = load "Data";
opps = load "0Fcyy000000002qCAA/0Fcyy000000002WCAQ";
c = group accounts by 'Year', opps by 'Year';
d = foreach c generate opps.Year as 'Year';
e = filter d by Year == "2002";
```

**note:** Identifiers are either unquoted or enclosed in single quotation marks.