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| _JSON Sugar and other Goodness_ |
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| # String Literals |
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| CUE strings allow a richer set of escape sequences than JSON. |
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| CUE also supports multi-line strings, enclosed by a pair of triple quotes `"""`. |
| The opening quote must be followed by a newline. |
| The closing quote must also be on a newline. |
| The whitespace directly preceding the closing quote must match the preceding |
| whitespace on all other lines and is removed from these lines. |
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| Strings may also contain [interpolations](interpolation.md). |
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| <!-- CUE editor --> |
| ``` |
| // 21-bit unicode characters |
| a: "\U0001F60E" // 😎 |
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| // multiline strings |
| b: """ |
| Hello |
| World! |
| """ |
| ``` |
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| <!-- JSON result --> |
| ```json |
| { |
| a: "😎" |
| b: "Hello\nWorld!" |
| } |
| ``` |
