What is the difference between backticks (``) & double quotes (“”) in golang?

Question

What is the difference between backticks (``) & double quotes (\"\") in golang?

Answer 1

Backtick strings are analogs of multiline raw string in Python or Scala: r""" text """ or in JavaScript:

String.raw`Hi\u000A!`

They can:

1. Span multiple lines.

2. Ignore special characters.

They are useful:

1. For putting big text inside.

2. For regular expressions when you have lots of backslashes.

3. For struct tags to put double quotes in.