# prefer-string-raw

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

💼 This rule is enabled in the following [configs](https://github.com/sindresorhus/eslint-plugin-unicorn#recommended-config): ✅ `recommended`, ☑️ `unopinionated`.

🔧 This rule is automatically fixable by the [`--fix` CLI option](https://eslint.org/docs/latest/user-guide/command-line-interface#--fix).

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[`String.raw`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/raw) is a tagged template that allows you to use backslashes without escaping them. This is particularly useful for file paths, regex patterns, and other strings with many backslashes, making the code more readable and less error-prone.

## Examples

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

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

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

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

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

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

[`String.raw`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/raw) should not be used if the string does not contain any `\`.

```js
// ❌
const noBackslash = String.raw`foobar`

// ✅
const noBackslash = 'foobar'
```