# Raw string "$"

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, strings\
**Created:** [July 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948 "2021-07-19T21:47:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Angie\_Cruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angie_cruz/32/27322_2.png) [@Angie\_Cruz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Angie_Cruz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/1 "2021-07-19T21:47:37Z")

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Hello, I would like to print “abc$def” as a string

```julia
x = "abc$def"

```

but it doesn’t allow me because of the $, I tried to write it like this

```julia
x="abc"*raw"$"*"def"

```

but I get the following:

```julia
"abc\$def"

```

My issue is that I don’t want the diagonal (\) to appear, I just need the raw “$” . Is there any other way to do it?

Thank you so much!!

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**Author:** ![lazarusA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lazarusa/32/6571_2.png) [@lazarusA](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lazarusA)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/2 "2021-07-19T21:53:55Z")

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```julia
> println("abc\$def")
abc$def 

```

? that’s what you want, no?

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**Author:** ![StevenSiew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/stevensiew/32/218393_2.png) [@StevenSiew](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/StevenSiew)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/3 "2021-07-19T21:54:53Z")

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> [@Angie\_Cruz](#):
>
> `x="abc"*raw"$"*"def"`

```julia
julia> x="abc"*raw"$"*"def"
"abc\$def"

julia> println(x)
abc$def

```

Works perfectly for me! What’s the issue?

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**Author:** ![gbaraldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/gbaraldi/32/22101_2.png) [@gbaraldi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/gbaraldi)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/4 "2021-07-19T21:59:07Z")

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`$` is a special character in strings so it has to be escaped using `\`. It is used for string interpolation i.e

```julia
julia> a = 12.4
12.4
julia> "mynum = $a"
"mynum = 12.4"

```

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**Author:** ![Angie\_Cruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angie_cruz/32/27322_2.png) [@Angie\_Cruz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Angie_Cruz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/5 "2021-07-19T22:04:37Z")

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Yes!!! I didn’t know that writing \ before $ would solve the issue. Thank you!!! 😃

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**Author:** ![Angie\_Cruz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/angie_cruz/32/27322_2.png) [@Angie\_Cruz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Angie_Cruz)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/raw-string/64948/6 "2021-07-19T22:05:58Z")

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Thanks!!! I didn’t realize it was as simple as writing \ before the $, thank you!! 😃