# It apparently is a somewhat odd how vairables handle quotes and single quotes
# there is the whole documentation about differnces of "=" ":=" "?=" .. 
# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Reading-Makefiles
VAR1="asdas   gu"
VAR2=asdas  agu
VAR3=asdas  agu
# according to https://stackoverflow.com/a/649255/1711186 it is not possible to
# have newlines being part of a Makefile variable
# CORRECTION there should be indeed a wat to have "newlines" be stored in a 
# makefile variable see GNU make docu https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multi_002dLine.html
VAR4='asdas  \
agu'
FILE:=file

all: file1 file2 file3 file4

file1:
	echo $(VAR1) > $@

file2:
	echo $(VAR2) > $@

file3:
	echo "$(VAR3)" > $@

file4:
	echo "$(VAR4)" > $@

# Variables can be used for the target of recepies 
$(FILE)-li:
	touch $@


# bottom line the use of variables might feel a bit annoying in
# paritcular for the bash/shell programmers as it uses the same
# "$" indicator but then oftentime $(VARNAME) 
# it is possible to use ${VARNAME}, 
# as a "price" the use of $ in the "recipe" part of a rule the us of shell variabls requires
# to use $$SHELVAR