Emacs Lisp: String
emacs lisp string is quoted by a single
"double straight quote"
(U+22: QUOTATION MARK)
This is the only syntax for quoting string.
"this is a string" (length "abc") ;; 3
String Escape
To include a double quote, use \"
"he said \"something\""
This is called string escape sequence.
Here's most commonly used escapes:
\n-
newline character.
Unicode codepoint 10 (Line feed).
"some thing" "or some\nthing"
\\-
backslash.
Unicode codepoint 92.
To include a backslash, use double backslash\\"some\\thing" \t- Tab character. Unicode codepoint 9 (Horizontal Tab). [see ASCII Characters]
\uxxxx- Unicode Escape Sequence
\U00xxxxxx- Unicode Escape Sequence
