Note that if you need the equivalent of Python's raw strings you can just use an empty macro
julia> macro raw_str(s) s end julia> raw"3.2 3.6 z(x,y) = x@~\327@~exp(-x@+2@+-y@+2@+)" "3.2 3.6 z(x,y) = x@~\\327@~exp(-x@+2@+-y@+2@+)" julia> raw"grdmath $ DDX" "grdmath \$ DDX" julia> On Monday, 7 September 2015 00:08:30 UTC+1, J Luis wrote: > > I need to create these, not to interpret what julia thinks it means. > > julia> "3.2 3.6 z(x,y) = x@~\327@~exp(-x@+2@+-y@+2@+)" > ERROR: syntax: invalid UTF-8 sequence > > julia> "grdmath $ DDX" > ERROR: syntax: invalid interpolation syntax: "$ " > > How do I do that? > > Thanks >