Examples/Doc snippets: Fix single-character string literals.

Use character literals where applicable.

Change-Id: I79fa5018f05735201ae35ee94ba0d356fcad1056
Reviewed-by: Topi Reiniö <topi.reinio@digia.com>

34 files changed, 87 insertions, 87 deletions

diff --git a/examples/embedded/digiflip/digiflip.cpp b/examples/embedded/digiflip/digiflip.cpp
index 3bb3023caf..af4289efb3 100644
--- a/examples/embedded/digiflip/digiflip.cpp
+++ b/examples/embedded/digiflip/digiflip.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ protected:
 
         QString str = QString::number(n);
         if (str.length() == 1)
-            str.prepend("0");
+            str.prepend('0');
 
         QFont font;
         font.setFamily("Helvetica");
diff --git a/examples/network/torrent/filemanager.cpp b/examples/network/torrent/filemanager.cpp
index b4e921b0a5..58330014cf 100644
--- a/examples/network/torrent/filemanager.cpp
+++ b/examples/network/torrent/filemanager.cpp
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ bool FileManager::generateFiles()
         QString prefix;
         if (!destinationPath.isEmpty()) {
             prefix = destinationPath;
-            if (!prefix.endsWith("/"))
-                prefix += "/";
+            if (!prefix.endsWith('/'))
+                prefix += '/';
             QDir dir;
             if (!dir.mkpath(prefix)) {
                 errString = tr("Failed to create directory %1").arg(prefix);
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ bool FileManager::generateFiles()
 
         if (!destinationPath.isEmpty()) {
             prefix = destinationPath;
-            if (!prefix.endsWith("/"))
-                prefix += "/";
+            if (!prefix.endsWith('/'))
+                prefix += '/';
         }
         if (!metaInfo.name().isEmpty()) {
             prefix += metaInfo.name();
-            if (!prefix.endsWith("/"))
-                prefix += "/";
+            if (!prefix.endsWith('/'))
+                prefix += '/';
         }
         if (!dir.mkpath(prefix)) {
             errString = tr("Failed to create directory %1").arg(prefix);
diff --git a/examples/network/torrent/metainfo.cpp b/examples/network/torrent/metainfo.cpp
index cca52c7e7e..52e7afe43a 100644
--- a/examples/network/torrent/metainfo.cpp
+++ b/examples/network/torrent/metainfo.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ bool MetaInfo::parse(const QByteArray &data)
             QByteArray path;
             foreach (QVariant p, pathElements) {
                 if (!path.isEmpty())
-                    path += "/";
+                    path += '/';
                 path += p.toByteArray();
             }
 
diff --git a/examples/opengl/contextinfo/widget.cpp b/examples/opengl/contextinfo/widget.cpp
index c318accf87..2d36fe4265 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/contextinfo/widget.cpp
+++ b/examples/opengl/contextinfo/widget.cpp
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ void Widget::printFormat(const QSurfaceFormat &format)
     QString opts;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(options) / sizeof(Option); ++i)
         if (format.testOption(options[i].option))
-            opts += QString::fromLatin1(options[i].str) + QStringLiteral(" ");
+            opts += QString::fromLatin1(options[i].str) + QLatin1Char(' ');
     m_output->append(tr("Options: %1").arg(opts));
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(renderables) / sizeof(Renderable); ++i)
diff --git a/examples/qtconcurrent/wordcount/main.cpp b/examples/qtconcurrent/wordcount/main.cpp
index f45f2820c7..7f6d0f43ba 100644
--- a/examples/qtconcurrent/wordcount/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/qtconcurrent/wordcount/main.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ QStringList findFiles(const QString &startDir, QStringList filters)
     QDir dir(startDir);
 
     foreach (QString file, dir.entryList(filters, QDir::Files))
-        names += startDir + "/" + file;
+        names += startDir + '/' + file;
 
     foreach (QString subdir, dir.entryList(QDir::AllDirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot))
-        names += findFiles(startDir + "/" + subdir, filters);
+        names += findFiles(startDir + '/' + subdir, filters);
     return names;
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ WordCount singleThreadedWordCount(QStringList files)
         f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly);
         QTextStream textStream(&f);
         while (textStream.atEnd() == false)
-            foreach(QString word, textStream.readLine().split(" "))
+            foreach (const QString &word, textStream.readLine().split(' '))
                 wordCount[word] += 1;
 
     }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ WordCount countWords(const QString &file)
     WordCount wordCount;
 
     while (textStream.atEnd() == false)
-        foreach (QString word, textStream.readLine().split(" "))
+        foreach (const QString &word, textStream.readLine().split(' '))
             wordCount[word] += 1;
 
     return wordCount;
diff --git a/examples/sql/masterdetail/dialog.cpp b/examples/sql/masterdetail/dialog.cpp
index 5518707f58..3171acc448 100644
--- a/examples/sql/masterdetail/dialog.cpp
+++ b/examples/sql/masterdetail/dialog.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void Dialog::addTracks(int albumId, QStringList tracks)
     for (int i = 0; i < tracks.count(); i++) {
         QString trackNumber = QString::number(i);
         if (i < 10)
-            trackNumber.prepend("0");
+            trackNumber.prepend('0');
 
         QDomText textNode = albumDetails.createTextNode(tracks.at(i));
 
diff --git a/examples/sql/querymodel/customsqlmodel.cpp b/examples/sql/querymodel/customsqlmodel.cpp
index 5966802abe..4cdfdd6ae3 100644
--- a/examples/sql/querymodel/customsqlmodel.cpp
+++ b/examples/sql/querymodel/customsqlmodel.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ QVariant CustomSqlModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
     QVariant value = QSqlQueryModel::data(index, role);
     if (value.isValid() && role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
         if (index.column() == 0)
-            return value.toString().prepend("#");
+            return value.toString().prepend('#');
         else if (index.column() == 2)
             return value.toString().toUpper();
     }
diff --git a/examples/widgets/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp b/examples/widgets/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp
index c913d7b592..d3e366efe6 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/dialogs/classwizard/classwizard.cpp
@@ -79,31 +79,31 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
 
     if (field("comment").toBool()) {
         block += "/*\n";
-        block += "    " + header.toLatin1() + "\n";
+        block += "    " + header.toLatin1() + '\n';
         block += "*/\n";
-        block += "\n";
+        block += '\n';
     }
     if (field("protect").toBool()) {
-        block += "#ifndef " + macroName + "\n";
-        block += "#define " + macroName + "\n";
-        block += "\n";
+        block += "#ifndef " + macroName + '\n';
+        block += "#define " + macroName + '\n';
+        block += '\n';
     }
     if (field("includeBase").toBool()) {
-        block += "#include " + baseInclude + "\n";
-        block += "\n";
+        block += "#include " + baseInclude + '\n';
+        block += '\n';
     }
 
     block += "class " + className;
     if (!baseClass.isEmpty())
         block += " : public " + baseClass;
-    block += "\n";
+    block += '\n';
     block += "{\n";
 
     /* qmake ignore Q_OBJECT */
 
     if (field("qobjectMacro").toBool()) {
         block += "    Q_OBJECT\n";
-        block += "\n";
+        block += '\n';
     }
     block += "public:\n";
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
         block += "    " + className + "();\n";
         if (field("copyCtor").toBool()) {
             block += "    " + className + "(const " + className + " &other);\n";
-            block += "\n";
+            block += '\n';
             block += "    " + className + " &operator=" + "(const " + className
                      + " &other);\n";
         }
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
     block += "};\n";
 
     if (field("protect").toBool()) {
-        block += "\n";
+        block += '\n';
         block += "#endif\n";
     }
 
-    QFile headerFile(outputDir + "/" + header);
+    QFile headerFile(outputDir + '/' + header);
     if (!headerFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
         QMessageBox::warning(0, QObject::tr("Simple Wizard"),
                              QObject::tr("Cannot write file %1:\n%2")
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
 
     if (field("comment").toBool()) {
         block += "/*\n";
-        block += "    " + implementation.toLatin1() + "\n";
+        block += "    " + implementation.toLatin1() + '\n';
         block += "*/\n";
-        block += "\n";
+        block += '\n';
     }
     block += "#include \"" + header.toLatin1() + "\"\n";
-    block += "\n";
+    block += '\n';
 
     if (field("qobjectCtor").toBool()) {
         block += className + "::" + className + "(QObject *parent)\n";
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
             block += "{\n";
             block += "    *this = other;\n";
             block += "}\n";
-            block += "\n";
+            block += '\n';
             block += className + " &" + className + "::operator=(const "
                      + className + " &other)\n";
             block += "{\n";
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void ClassWizard::accept()
         }
     }
 
-    QFile implementationFile(outputDir + "/" + implementation);
+    QFile implementationFile(outputDir + '/' + implementation);
     if (!implementationFile.open(QFile::WriteOnly | QFile::Text)) {
         QMessageBox::warning(0, QObject::tr("Simple Wizard"),
                              QObject::tr("Cannot write file %1:\n%2")
@@ -356,9 +356,9 @@ void CodeStylePage::initializePage()
     if (baseClass.isEmpty()) {
         baseIncludeLineEdit->clear();
     } else if (QRegExp("Q[A-Z].*").exactMatch(baseClass)) {
-        baseIncludeLineEdit->setText("<" + baseClass + ">");
+        baseIncludeLineEdit->setText('<' + baseClass + '>');
     } else {
-        baseIncludeLineEdit->setText("\"" + baseClass.toLower() + ".h\"");
+        baseIncludeLineEdit->setText('"' + baseClass.toLower() + ".h\"");
     }
 }
 //! [16]
diff --git a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
index 104095e8fe..28c715c688 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/gestures/imagegestures/imagewidget.cpp
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void ImageWidget::goNextImage()
         prevImage = currentImage;
         currentImage = nextImage;
         if (position+1 < files.size())
-            nextImage = loadImage(path+QLatin1String("/")+files.at(position+1));
+            nextImage = loadImage(path + QLatin1Char('/') + files.at(position+1));
         else
             nextImage = QImage();
     }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void ImageWidget::goPrevImage()
         nextImage = currentImage;
         currentImage = prevImage;
         if (position > 0)
-            prevImage = loadImage(path+QLatin1String("/")+files.at(position-1));
+            prevImage = loadImage(path + QLatin1Char('/') + files.at(position-1));
         else
             prevImage = QImage();
     }
@@ -276,12 +276,12 @@ void ImageWidget::goToImage(int index)
     position = index;
 
     if (index > 0)
-        prevImage = loadImage(path+QLatin1String("/")+files.at(position-1));
+        prevImage = loadImage(path + QLatin1Char('/') + files.at(position-1));
     else
         prevImage = QImage();
-    currentImage = loadImage(path+QLatin1String("/")+files.at(position));
+    currentImage = loadImage(path + QLatin1Char('/') + files.at(position));
     if (position+1 < files.size())
-        nextImage = loadImage(path+QLatin1String("/")+files.at(position+1));
+        nextImage = loadImage(path + QLatin1Char('/') + files.at(position+1));
     else
         nextImage = QImage();
     update();
diff --git a/examples/widgets/graphicsview/boxes/scene.cpp b/examples/widgets/graphicsview/boxes/scene.cpp
index 48bdcb9d93..c9691704cb 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/graphicsview/boxes/scene.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/graphicsview/boxes/scene.cpp
@@ -319,9 +319,9 @@ RenderOptionsDialog::RenderOptionsDialog()
                 while (++it != tokens.end()) {
                     m_parameterNames << name;
                     if (!singleElement) {
-                        m_parameterNames.back() += "[";
+                        m_parameterNames.back() += '[';
                         m_parameterNames.back() += counter + counterPos;
-                        m_parameterNames.back() += "]";
+                        m_parameterNames.back() += ']';
                         int j = 8; // position of last digit
                         ++counter[j];
                         while (j > 0 && counter[j] > '9') {
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/chart/mainwindow.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/chart/mainwindow.cpp
index 9a3b372233..a148c3036d 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/chart/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/chart/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ void MainWindow::loadFile(const QString &fileName)
         if (!line.isEmpty()) {
             model->insertRows(row, 1, QModelIndex());
 
-            QStringList pieces = line.split(",", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+            QStringList pieces = line.split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
             model->setData(model->index(row, 0, QModelIndex()),
                            pieces.value(0));
             model->setData(model->index(row, 1, QModelIndex()),
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/editabletreemodel/treemodel.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/editabletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
index 2903dd7d38..2b12c142cd 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/editabletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/editabletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void TreeModel::setupModelData(const QStringList &lines, TreeItem *parent)
     while (number < lines.count()) {
         int position = 0;
         while (position < lines[number].length()) {
-            if (lines[number].mid(position, 1) != " ")
+            if (lines[number].at(position) != ' ')
                 break;
             ++position;
         }
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/frozencolumn/main.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/frozencolumn/main.cpp
index cfdf57135c..1292a7f403 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/frozencolumn/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/frozencolumn/main.cpp
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     QFile file(":/grades.txt");
     if (file.open(QFile::ReadOnly)) {
         QString line = file.readLine(200);
-        QStringList list = line.simplified().split(",");
+        QStringList list = line.simplified().split(',');
         model->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(list);
 
         int row = 0;
         QStandardItem *newItem = 0;
         while (file.canReadLine()) {
             line = file.readLine(200);
-            if (!line.startsWith("#") && line.contains(",")) {
-                list= line.simplified().split(",");
+            if (!line.startsWith('#') && line.contains(',')) {
+                list = line.simplified().split(',');
                 for (int col = 0; col < list.length(); ++col){
                     newItem = new QStandardItem(list.at(col));
                     model->setItem(row, col, newItem);
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/interview/model.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/interview/model.cpp
index ba65144cfa..efbb67486b 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/interview/model.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/interview/model.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ QVariant Model::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
     if (!index.isValid())
         return QVariant();
     if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
-        return QVariant("Item " + QString::number(index.row()) + ":" + QString::number(index.column()));
+        return QVariant("Item " + QString::number(index.row()) + ':' + QString::number(index.column()));
     if (role == Qt::DecorationRole) {
         if (index.column() == 0)
             return iconProvider.icon(QFileIconProvider::Folder);
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpledommodel/dommodel.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpledommodel/dommodel.cpp
index f6450abc8b..531957f60b 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpledommodel/dommodel.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpledommodel/dommodel.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ QVariant DomModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
             for (int i = 0; i < attributeMap.count(); ++i) {
                 QDomNode attribute = attributeMap.item(i);
                 attributes << attribute.nodeName() + "=\""
-                              +attribute.nodeValue() + "\"";
+                              +attribute.nodeValue() + '"';
             }
             return attributes.join(' ');
         case 2:
diff --git a/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpletreemodel/treemodel.cpp b/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
index aaa4685b27..f5cd1a160e 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/itemviews/simpletreemodel/treemodel.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ void TreeModel::setupModelData(const QStringList &lines, TreeItem *parent)
     while (number < lines.count()) {
         int position = 0;
         while (position < lines[number].length()) {
-            if (lines[number].mid(position, 1) != " ")
+            if (lines[number].at(position) != ' ')
                 break;
             position++;
         }
diff --git a/examples/widgets/tools/regexp/regexpdialog.cpp b/examples/widgets/tools/regexp/regexpdialog.cpp
index 32df8a4b91..8ed1e790fb 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tools/regexp/regexpdialog.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/tools/regexp/regexpdialog.cpp
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ void RegExpDialog::refresh()
     QString escaped = pattern;
     escaped.replace("\\", "\\\\");
     escaped.replace("\"", "\\\"");
-    escaped.prepend("\"");
-    escaped.append("\"");
+    escaped.prepend('"');
+    escaped.append('"');
     escapedPatternLineEdit->setText(escaped);
 
     QRegExp rx(pattern);
diff --git a/examples/widgets/tools/regularexpression/regularexpressiondialog.cpp b/examples/widgets/tools/regularexpression/regularexpressiondialog.cpp
index d40b4b325d..6cddc1f6c1 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tools/regularexpression/regularexpressiondialog.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/tools/regularexpression/regularexpressiondialog.cpp
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ void RegularExpressionDialog::refresh()
     QString escaped = pattern;
     escaped.replace(QLatin1String("\\"), QLatin1String("\\\\"));
     escaped.replace(QLatin1String("\""), QLatin1String("\\\""));
-    escaped.prepend(QLatin1String("\""));
-    escaped.append(QLatin1String("\""));
+    escaped.prepend(QLatin1Char('"'));
+    escaped.append(QLatin1Char('"'));
     escapedPatternLineEdit->setText(escaped);
 
     QRegularExpression rx(pattern);
diff --git a/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/variantdelegate.cpp b/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/variantdelegate.cpp
index f68082c660..fe2391762b 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/variantdelegate.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/tools/settingseditor/variantdelegate.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ VariantDelegate::VariantDelegate(QObject *parent)
 
     dateExp.setPattern("([0-9]{,4})-([0-9]{,2})-([0-9]{,2})");
     timeExp.setPattern("([0-9]{,2}):([0-9]{,2}):([0-9]{,2})");
-    dateTimeExp.setPattern(dateExp.pattern() + "T" + timeExp.pattern());
+    dateTimeExp.setPattern(dateExp.pattern() + 'T' + timeExp.pattern());
 }
 
 void VariantDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter,
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void VariantDelegate::setModelData(QWidget *editor, QAbstractItemModel *model,
         value = QSize(sizeExp.cap(1).toInt(), sizeExp.cap(2).toInt());
         break;
     case QVariant::StringList:
-        value = text.split(",");
+        value = text.split(',');
         break;
     case QVariant::Time:
         {
diff --git a/examples/widgets/tutorials/addressbook/part7/addressbook.cpp b/examples/widgets/tutorials/addressbook/part7/addressbook.cpp
index 6764423d71..2953ecd7de 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tutorials/addressbook/part7/addressbook.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/tutorials/addressbook/part7/addressbook.cpp
@@ -421,23 +421,23 @@ void AddressBook::exportAsVCard()
 //! [export function part2]
 
 //! [export function part3]
-    out << "BEGIN:VCARD" << "\n";
-    out << "VERSION:2.1" << "\n";
-    out << "N:" << lastName << ";" << firstName << "\n";
+    out << "BEGIN:VCARD" << '\n';
+    out << "VERSION:2.1" << '\n';
+    out << "N:" << lastName << ';' << firstName << '\n';
 
     if (!nameList.isEmpty())
-       out << "FN:" << nameList.join(' ') << "\n";
+       out << "FN:" << nameList.join(' ') << '\n';
     else
-       out << "FN:" << firstName << "\n";
+       out << "FN:" << firstName << '\n';
 //! [export function part3]
 
 //! [export function part4]
     address.replace(";", "\\;", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
-    address.replace("\n", ";", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
+    address.replace('\n', ";", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
     address.replace(",", " ", Qt::CaseInsensitive);
 
-    out << "ADR;HOME:;" << address << "\n";
-    out << "END:VCARD" << "\n";
+    out << "ADR;HOME:;" << address << '\n';
+    out << "END:VCARD" << '\n';
 
     QMessageBox::information(this, tr("Export Successful"),
         tr("\"%1\" has been exported as a vCard.").arg(name));
diff --git a/examples/widgets/tutorials/modelview/5_edit/mymodel.cpp b/examples/widgets/tutorials/modelview/5_edit/mymodel.cpp
index 5eb677bb9d..c04c77772f 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/tutorials/modelview/5_edit/mymodel.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/tutorials/modelview/5_edit/mymodel.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ bool MyModel::setData(const QModelIndex & index, const QVariant & value, int rol
         {
             for(int col= 0; col < COLS; col++)
             {
-                result += m_gridData[row][col] + " ";
+                result += m_gridData[row][col] + ' ';
             }
         }
         emit editCompleted( result );
diff --git a/examples/widgets/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp b/examples/widgets/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
index e76011ee0d..87061a9868 100644
--- a/examples/widgets/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
+++ b/examples/widgets/widgets/calculator/calculator.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ void Calculator::pointClicked()
 {
     if (waitingForOperand)
         display->setText("0");
-    if (!display->text().contains("."))
+    if (!display->text().contains('.'))
         display->setText(display->text() + tr("."));
     waitingForOperand = false;
 }
diff --git a/examples/xml/htmlinfo/main.cpp b/examples/xml/htmlinfo/main.cpp
index 3869ca5472..1424cfca67 100644
--- a/examples/xml/htmlinfo/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/xml/htmlinfo/main.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ void parseHtmlFile(QTextStream &out, const QString &fileName) {
     }
 //! [2]
 
-    out << "  Title: \"" << title << "\"" << endl
+    out << "  Title: \"" << title << '"' << endl
         << "  Number of paragraphs: " << paragraphCount << endl
         << "  Number of links: " << links.size() << endl
         << "  Showing first few links:" << endl;
diff --git a/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/xbelgenerator.cpp b/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/xbelgenerator.cpp
index 24612c132c..5f1ec62e7e 100644
--- a/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/xbelgenerator.cpp
+++ b/examples/xml/saxbookmarks/xbelgenerator.cpp
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ QString XbelGenerator::escapedAttribute(const QString &str)
 {
     QString result = escapedText(str);
     result.replace("\"", "&quot;");
-    result.prepend("\"");
-    result.append("\"");
+    result.prepend(QLatin1Char('"'));
+    result.append(QLatin1Char('"'));
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_containers.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_containers.cpp
index 00971d69b9..395e48bc89 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_containers.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/doc_src_containers.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ QMap<int, int> map;
 ...
 QMap<int, int>::const_iterator i;
 for (i = map.constBegin(); i != map.constEnd(); ++i)
-    qDebug() << i.key() << ":" << i.value();
+    qDebug() << i.key() << ':' << i.value();
 //! [13]
 
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ foreach (const QString &str, list) {
 QMap<QString, int> map;
 ...
 foreach (const QString &str, map.keys())
-    qDebug() << str << ":" << map.value(str);
+    qDebug() << str << ':' << map.value(str);
 //! [19]
 
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ QMultiMap<QString, int> map;
 ...
 foreach (const QString &str, map.uniqueKeys()) {
     foreach (int i, map.values(str))
-        qDebug() << str << ":" << i;
+        qDebug() << str << ':' << i;
 }
 //! [20]
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp
index 0ac7cb5769..0976488a48 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qhash.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ for (i = hash.begin(); i != hash.end(); ++i)
 //! [19]
 QHash<QString, int>::iterator i = hash.begin();
 while (i != hash.end()) {
-    if (i.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (i.key().startsWith('_'))
         i = hash.erase(i);
     else
         ++i;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ QHash<QString, int>::iterator i = hash.begin();
 while (i != hash.end()) {
     QHash<QString, int>::iterator prev = i;
     ++i;
-    if (prev.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (prev.key().startsWith('_'))
         hash.erase(prev);
 }
 //! [20]
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ while (i != hash.end()) {
 //! [21]
 // WRONG
 while (i != hash.end()) {
-    if (i.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (i.key().startsWith('_'))
         hash.erase(i);
     ++i;
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qlinkedlist.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qlinkedlist.cpp
index 014af8b0ee..f1cf644df6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qlinkedlist.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qlinkedlist.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ QLinkedList<QString> list;
 ...
 QLinkedList<QString>::iterator i = list.begin();
 while (i != list.end()) {
-    if ((*i).startsWith("_"))
+    if ((*i).startsWith('_'))
         i = list.erase(i);
     else
         ++i;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ QLinkedList<QString>::iterator i = list.begin();
 while (i != list.end()) {
     QLinkedList<QString>::iterator previous = i;
     ++i;
-    if ((*previous).startsWith("_"))
+    if ((*previous).startsWith('_'))
         list.erase(previous);
 }
 //! [11]
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ while (i != list.end()) {
 //! [12]
 // WRONG
 while (i != list.end()) {
-    if ((*i).startsWith("_"))
+    if ((*i).startsWith('_'))
         list.erase(i);
     ++i;
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qmap.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qmap.cpp
index 29e53fc700..3241991129 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qmap.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/code/src_corelib_tools_qmap.cpp
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ for (i = map.begin(); i != map.end(); ++i)
 //! [20]
 QMap<QString, int>::iterator i = map.begin();
 while (i != map.end()) {
-    if (i.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (i.key().startsWith('_'))
         i = map.erase(i);
     else
         ++i;
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ QMap<QString, int>::iterator i = map.begin();
 while (i != map.end()) {
     QMap<QString, int>::iterator prev = i;
     ++i;
-    if (prev.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (prev.key().startsWith('_'))
         map.erase(prev);
 }
 //! [21]
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ while (i != map.end()) {
 //! [22]
 // WRONG
 while (i != map.end()) {
-    if (i.key().startsWith("_"))
+    if (i.key().startsWith('_'))
         map.erase(i);
     ++i;
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstring/main.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstring/main.cpp
index e03e705a0b..d0b5fb00f3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstring/main.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstring/main.cpp
@@ -777,10 +777,10 @@ void Widget::splitCaseSensitiveFunction()
     //! [62]
     QString str = "a,,b,c";
 
-    QStringList list1 = str.split(",");
+    QStringList list1 = str.split(',');
     // list1: [ "a", "", "b", "c" ]
 
-    QStringList list2 = str.split(",", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
+    QStringList list2 = str.split(',', QString::SkipEmptyParts);
     // list2: [ "a", "b", "c" ]
     //! [62]
 }
diff --git a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstringlist/main.cpp b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstringlist/main.cpp
index 64f2061786..04d4dc8a89 100644
--- a/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstringlist/main.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/doc/snippets/qstringlist/main.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Widget::Widget(QWidget *parent)
 //! [5] //! [6]
     QStringList list;
 //! [5]
-    list = str.split(",");
+    list = str.split(',');
      // list: ["Arial", "Helvetica", "Times", "Courier"]
 //! [6]
 
diff --git a/src/gui/doc/snippets/qfontdatabase/main.cpp b/src/gui/doc/snippets/qfontdatabase/main.cpp
index e33ad5f539..aacd6f47fa 100644
--- a/src/gui/doc/snippets/qfontdatabase/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/doc/snippets/qfontdatabase/main.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
             QString sizes;
             foreach (int points, database.smoothSizes(family, style))
-                sizes += QString::number(points) + " ";
+                sizes += QString::number(points) + ' ';
 
             styleItem->setText(1, sizes.trimmed());
         }
diff --git a/src/testlib/doc/snippets/code/src_qtestlib_qtestcase.cpp b/src/testlib/doc/snippets/code/src_qtestlib_qtestcase.cpp
index 29cbefdc04..8c32787b42 100644
--- a/src/testlib/doc/snippets/code/src_qtestlib_qtestcase.cpp
+++ b/src/testlib/doc/snippets/code/src_qtestlib_qtestcase.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace QTest {
     {
         QByteArray ba = "MyPoint(";
         ba += QByteArray::number(point.x()) + ", " + QByteArray::number(point.y());
-        ba += ")";
+        ba += ')';
         return qstrdup(ba.data());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/xml/doc/snippets/rsslisting/handler.cpp b/src/xml/doc/snippets/rsslisting/handler.cpp
index 4825cf2f62..27e4a23fb4 100644
--- a/src/xml/doc/snippets/rsslisting/handler.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/doc/snippets/rsslisting/handler.cpp
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ bool Handler::characters (const QString &chars)
 bool Handler::fatalError (const QXmlParseException & exception)
 {
     qWarning() << "Fatal error on line" << exception.lineNumber()
-               << ", column" << exception.columnNumber() << ":"
+               << ", column" << exception.columnNumber() << ':'
                << exception.message();
 
     return false;
diff --git a/src/xml/doc/snippets/simpleparse/main.cpp b/src/xml/doc/snippets/simpleparse/main.cpp
index 480dc1c528..cbb8ac96aa 100644
--- a/src/xml/doc/snippets/simpleparse/main.cpp
+++ b/src/xml/doc/snippets/simpleparse/main.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         for (int i = 0; i < items; ++i) {
             for (int j = 0; j < indentations[i]; ++j)
-                std::cout << " ";
+                std::cout << ' ';
             std::cout << names[i].toLocal8Bit().constData() << std::endl;
         }
     }