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Syntax for Strings

The read syntax for a string is a double-quote, an arbitrary number of characters, and another double-quote, "like this". To include a double-quote in a string, precede it with a backslash; thus, "\"" is a string containing just one double-quote character. Likewise, you can include a backslash by preceding it with another backslash, like this: "this \\ is a single embedded +backslash".

The newline character is not special in the read syntax for strings; if you write a new line between the double-quotes, it becomes a character in the string. But an escaped newline—one that is preceded by ‘\’—does not become part of the string; i.e., the Lisp reader ignores an escaped newline while reading a string. An escaped space ‘\ ’ is likewise ignored. 

"It is useful to include newlines
+in documentation strings,
+but the newline is \
+ignored if escaped."
+     ⇒ "It is useful to include newlines
+in documentation strings,
+but the newline is ignored if escaped."
+
+
+

+ Copyright © 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU GPL license.
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Syntax-for-Strings.html +

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