# Invalid string problem in Atom

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invalid-string-problem-in-atom/20533>\
**Category:** Juno\
**Created:** [February 7, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invalid-string-problem-in-atom/20533 "2019-02-07T08:07:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![johann.spies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johann.spies/32/8805_2.png) [@johann.spies](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johann.spies)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invalid-string-problem-in-atom/20533/1 "2019-02-07T08:07:25Z")

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In `jupyter lab` I can do:

```julia
query = """
select * from crosstab(

	'SELECT
    s.subject,
	w.pubyear,
    count(s.ut)
FROM
    country c
    left join utcountry_mv u on u.code = c.code
    left join world_arts_reviews_mv w on w.ut = u.ut
    LEFT JOIN art_subject_mv s ON s.ut = w.ut
WHERE
    s.ut IS NOT NULL
    and
    c.region ~''africa''::citext
    AND pubyear BETWEEN 2000 AND 2017
GROUP BY
    1,
    2
order by subject',
'select m from generate_series(2000,2017) m')
as (subject varchar, 
	"2000" int,
	"2001" int,
	"2002" int,
	"2003" int,
	"2004" int,
	"2005" int, 
	"2006" int, 
	"2007" int,
	"2008" int,
	"2009" int,
	"2010" int,
	"2011" int,
	"2012" int,
	"2013" int,
	"2014" int,
	"2015" int,
	"2016" int,
	"2017" int);
"""

```

without a problem.

In Atom I get

```julia
syntax: incomplete: invalid string syntax

```

I suspect this is a bug. Or do I have to add some plugin to Atom to handle this?

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/invalid-string-problem-in-atom/20533/2 "2019-02-07T08:50:21Z")

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Juno’s block finding mechanism is indentation based, so you’d need to either indent the whole string or select it to evaluate it by itself.