# Single string on multiple lines without \`\\n\`

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/single-string-on-multiple-lines-without-n/18099
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** strings
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/single-string-on-multiple-lines-without-n/18099 "2018-11-28T14:58:12Z")
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### Author: ![PGS62](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pgs62/32/207030_2.png) [@PGS62](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/PGS62)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 9:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/single-string-on-multiple-lines-without-n/18099/7 "2022-10-14T09:09:14Z")

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Old topic, but worth updating I think. As per Julia 1.7 release notes: " A backslash (`\` ) before a newline inside a string literal now removes the newline while also respecting indentation"

```julia
julia> "a \
       b \
       c"
"a b c"

```

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