JS as a regular string

Question

If you do

alert("\fan")

It doesn't print \fan. How do I make it so it prints it?

PS: This is like r"\fan" in python.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '21 at 19:00

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The Javascript version of r"..." is String.raw`...` :

alert(String.raw`\fan`)

answered May 19 '21 at 19:00

georg

Spectric · Answer 2 · 2021-05-19T19:06:52.990

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The backslash is used to escape special characters. If you want to use a literal backslash, a double backslash has to be used.

alert("\\fan")

edited May 19 '21 at 19:06

answered May 19 '21 at 19:01

Spectric

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered May 19 '21 at 19:02

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You have to escape the \ character with \\.

alert("\\fan")

answered May 19 '21 at 19:02

Scott Marcus

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