Undocumented syntax: raw strings in X++

While reading the Fred Shen post Create a method in runtime i discovered the undocumented feature of X++: raw (or verbatim strings). If you place @ before " you can:

• do not escape escaping characters


• make multiline string

so

str s=@"
     test\test
";

is equivalent to

str s="\r\n";
s=s+"     test\\test\r\n"

so it is useful when you want to make methods or AOT pathes (BTW why Fred uses string for pathers ("\\Forms\\Address\\Data Sources\\Address\\Fields\\AddrRecId") instad of raw strings (@"\Forms\Address\Data Sources\Address\Fields\AddrRecId")

see also

• verbatim strings in C#
• 
  
• raw strings in python

ParserClass and KOAN

Just finished an article about a ParserClass and added the new tool named 'KOAN'. It shows the structure of X++ code and lets to play with ParserClass and ScannerClass easily.

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