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=== String ===
A [[String (computer science)|string]] in JavaScript is a sequence of characters. In JavaScript, strings can be created directly (as literals) by placing the series of characters between double (") or single (') quotes. Such strings must be written on a single line, but may include escaped newline characters (such as \n). The JavaScript standard allows the [[Grave accent#Use in programming|backquote]] character (`, a.k.a. grave accent or backtick) to quote multiline literal strings, as well as template literals, which allow for interpolation of expressions within a string.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals|title=Template literals|website=MDN Web Docs|language=en-US|access-date=2023-11-04}}</ref>
<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
const greeting = "Hello, World!";
const anotherGreeting = 'Greetings, people of Earth.';
const aMultilineGreeting = `Warm regards,
John Doe.`
// Template literals type coerce evaluated expressions and interpolate them into the string.
const templateLiteral = `This is what is stored in anotherGreeting: ${anotherGreeting}.`
</syntaxhighlight>
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