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rustverbatim-string

C# like verbatim string in Rust?

I am looking for a verbatim strings in Rust (like in C# with @"This is a string and here ""I am between quotes without making a fuss""").

Is there something similar?

Solution

  • This is surprisingly difficult to find.

    In rust, raw string literals are surrounded by r"", and add # if you need to use quotes. For your example,
    r#"This is a string and here "I am between quotes without making a fuss""#
    should work. (Double-quoting will produce doubled quotes in the string.)

    If you need something with the # symbol, you can do something like
    r###"This string can have ## in as many places as I like ##, but never three in a row ##"###

    However, in rust raw strings, escapes are disallowed. You cannot use \n, for example. You can, however include any UTF-8 character you want.