# Unit testing non standard string literal macros

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unit-testing-non-standard-string-literal-macros/6164>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [September 30, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unit-testing-non-standard-string-literal-macros/6164 "2017-09-30T09:10:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unit-testing-non-standard-string-literal-macros/6164/1 "2017-09-30T09:10:31Z")

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What’s the recommended way to write unit tests for non-standard string literal macros, say `foo_str`? Best I could come up with is

```julia
str = "what goes in"
x = @eval @foo_str($str)
@test something(x) == supposed_to_be(str)

```

Is there a way to use the `foo"..."` form directly?