# Escape sequence in docstring

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escape-sequence-in-docstring/142752>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 4, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escape-sequence-in-docstring/142752 "2026-11-04T09:52:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mzaffalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mzaffalon/32/214168_2.png) [@mzaffalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mzaffalon)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escape-sequence-in-docstring/142752/1 "2026-11-04T09:52:43Z")

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```julia-auto
Is there a way to write this docstring without escaping the characters `\` and `$`?
"""
    read_local()

files = sort(readdir("."); by = f -> parse(Int, match(r"-(\d+)\.h5$", f)[1]))
"""
read_local() = nothing

```

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**Author:** ![aryavorskiy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/aryavorskiy/32/43466_2.png) [@aryavorskiy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/aryavorskiy)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/escape-sequence-in-docstring/142752/2 "2026-11-04T10:00:30Z")

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```julia-auto
@doc raw"""
    read_local()

files = sort(readdir("."); by = f -> parse(Int, match(r"-(\d+)\.h5$", f)[1]))
"""
read_local() = nothing

```