Example
Kotlin has two types of string literals:
- Escaped string
- Raw string
Escaped string handles special characters by escaping them. Escaping is done with a backslash. The following escape sequences are supported: \t, \b, \n, \r, \', \", \\ and \$. To encode any other character, use the Unicode escape sequence syntax: \uFF00.
val s = "Hello, world!\n"
Raw string delimited by a triple quote """, contains no escaping and can contain newlines and any other characters
val text = """
for (c in "foo")
print(c)
"""
Leading whitespace can be removed with trimMargin() function.
val text = """
|Tell me and I forget.
|Teach me and I remember.
|Involve me and I learn.
|(Benjamin Franklin)
""".trimMargin()
Default margin prefix is pipe character |, this can be set as a parameter to trimMargin; e.g. trimMargin(">").
