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document newline normalization in literal strings #14078

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion doc/manual/strings.rst
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julia> print("I have \$100 in my account.\n")
I have $100 in my account.

Triple-Quoted Strings Literals
Triple-Quoted String Literals
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RST is picky about header underline lengths

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Pushed a fix.


When strings are created using triple-quotes (``"""..."""``) they have some
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In this case the final (empty) line before the closing ``"""`` sets the
indentation level.

Note that line breaks in literal strings, whether single- or triple-quoted,
result in a newline (LF) character ``\n`` in the string, even if your
editor uses a carriage return ``\r`` (CR) or CRLF combination to end lines.
To include a CR in a string, use an explicit escape ``\r``; for example,
you can enter the literal string ``"a CRLF line ending\r\n"``.

Common Operations
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