Scala string interpolation with escaped quote fails

Question

scala> util.Properties.versionString
res11: String = version 2.11.2

scala> val a = \"\"
a: String = \"\"

scala> val a = \"\\\"\"
a: String = \"


        

Answer 1

This appears to be a known bug.

Note that you can get around it, at least for your case above, using triple quotes:

scala> val a = s"""""""" // seven quote characters all up!
a: String = "