Text File Strings
In computer readable text files, for example programming language source files or configuration files, strings can be represented. The NUL byte is normally not used as terminator since that does not correspond to the ASCII text standard, and the length is usually not stored, since the file should be human editable without bugs.
Two common representations are:
- Surrounded by quotation marks (ASCII 22h), used by most programming languages. To be able to include quotation marks, newline characters etc., escape sequences are often available, usually using the backslash character (ASCII 5Ch).
- Terminated by a newline sequence, for example in Windows INI files.
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