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title: "Lexical elements: Interpreted string literals"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/lexical-elements-interpreted-string-literals-fv2ntzpgu
source_url: https://boldlygo.tech/archive/2023-01-30-lexical-elements-interpreted-string-literals
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source: "Boldly Go"
published: 2026-05-31T07:50:45.109Z
updated: 2026-05-31T09:30:14.859Z
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# Lexical elements: Interpreted string literals

**[Boldly Go](https://daily.dev/sources/boldlygo)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A deep dive into Go's interpreted string literals, explaining how they differ from raw string literals. Covers escape sequences, Unicode code points, UTF-8 byte representations, and how multiple code points can appear in string literals (unlike rune literals). Includes examples showing equivalent representations of the same string using human-readable characters, Unicode escapes, and explicit UTF-8 bytes.

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