Ruby arrays: %w vs %W

Question

What is the difference?

Answer 1

%W performs normal double quote substitutions. %w does not.

Answer 2

%w quotes like single quotes '' (no variable interpolation, fewer escape sequences), while %W quotes like double quotes "".

irb(main):001:0> foo="hello"
=> "hello"
irb(main):002:0> %W(foo bar baz #{foo})
=> ["foo", "bar", "baz", "hello"]
irb(main):003:0> %w(foo bar baz #{foo})
=> ["foo", "bar", "baz", "\#{foo}"]