From 532642f425a4e3c05d848299aec2b95e66e7909c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marijn Haverbeke Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:47:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify escaped newlines in tutorial Closes #1117 --- doc/tutorial/syntax.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/tutorial/syntax.md b/doc/tutorial/syntax.md index b9605ede85f..819df605d3a 100644 --- a/doc/tutorial/syntax.md +++ b/doc/tutorial/syntax.md @@ -240,7 +240,12 @@ character escapes, using the backslash character: String literals allow the same escape sequences. They are written between double quotes (`"hello"`). Rust strings may contain newlines. When a newline is preceded by a backslash, it, and all white space -following it, will not appear in the resulting string literal. +following it, will not appear in the resulting string literal. So +this is equivalent to `"abc"`: + + let s = "a\ + b\ + c"; ## Operators