How to define string `" foo\n bar\n "` in one `""" ... """` block?

General Usage
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1

I really love the Julia’s syntax for """ with indents (See doc):

julia> function check_string_indent()
           s = """
           foo
           bar
           """
           return s
       end
check_string_indent (generic function with 1 method)

julia> check_string_indent()
"foo\nbar\n"

But, is there any way to define a string " foo\n bar\n " in one """ ... """ block directly?
The following s1 and s2 doesn’t work, and s3 seems a little dirty for me.

julia> function check_string_indent()
           s1 = """
             foo
             bar
             """

           s2 = """  foo
                     bar
                     """

           s3 = """
             foo
             bar
           """ * "  "
           
           @show s1
           @show s2
           @show s3
           return
       end
check_string_indent (generic function with 1 method)

julia> check_string_indent()
s1 = "foo\nbar\n"
s2 = "  foo\nbar\n"
s3 = "  foo\n  bar\n  "

I’m not having trouble with this, but I’m just simply curious.

2

I don’t think that’s possible with """ (because it always removes all common leading whitespace), but you can of course just write a normal string instead:

julia> " foo
         bar
         "
" foo\n  bar\n  "
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I see. Thanks for the reply!