prefer-string-raw.md

prefer-string-raw

📝 Prefer using the String.raw tag to avoid escaping \.

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ✅ recommended, ☑️ unopinionated.

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.

String.raw can be used to avoid escaping \.

Examples

// ❌
const file = "C:\\windows\\style\\path\\to\\file.js";

// ✅
const file = String.raw`C:\windows\style\path\to\file.js`;

// ❌
const regexp = new RegExp('foo\\.bar');

// ✅
const regexp = new RegExp(String.raw`foo\.bar`);

// ❌
const file = `C:\\windows\\temp\\myapp-${process.pid}.log`;

// ✅
const file = String.raw`C:\windows\temp\myapp-${process.pid}.log`;