How do i define escape symbol as a string?

[tacit sage]

When im trying to add this as string it throws me "Invalid escape sequence" error

[acoustic galleon]

I don't see why it would be invalid. Can you paste the code here?

[tacit sage]

name = """
___
/ /\
/ /:/_
/ /:/ /\
/ /:/ /::\
//:/ /:/:
\ :/:/~/:/
\ ::/ /:/
__/ /:/
//:/
__/
"""

[left halo]

try putting raw before the """

[acoustic galleon]

Oh, backslash needs to be escaped with ... backslash. Try

name = """
                   /  /\\
                  /  /:/
                 /  /:/ /\\
                /  /:/ /::\\ 
               //:/ /:/:\\
               \\  :/:/~/:/
                \\  ::/ /:/ 
                 _/ /:/
                   /__/:/
                   _/
       """

julia> println("""
                   /  /\\
                  /  /:/
                 /  /:/ /\\
                /  /:/ /::\\ 
               //:/ /:/:\\
               \\  :/:/~/:/
                \\  ::/ /:/ 
                 _/ /:/
                   /__/:/
                   _/
       """)
            /  /\
           /  /:/
          /  /:/ /\
         /  /:/ /::\ 
        //:/ /:/:\
        \  :/:/~/:/
         \  ::/ /:/ 
          _/ /:/
            /__/:/
            _/

[tacit sage]

That helped, thank you!

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