More on Strings

Literal Strings

• Can use either single (') or double (") quotes
• The other type of quote can be used within the string

Escape Sequences

 \a - bell
 \b - back space
 \f - form feed
 \n - newline
 \r - carriage return
 \t - horizontal tab
 \v - vertical tab
 \\ - backslash
 \" - double quote
 \' - single quote
```

**Long Strings**

```
-- a long string
longString = [[This is a
very long string
that goes on and on]]
print (longString)

-- another long string
anotherString = [===[This is another
long string that has
some double brackets [[]] in it]===]
print (anotherString)

print("This is a string\nthat goes on also")
```

**Coercions**

*   There are automatic coercions between numbers and strings