String.raw()

The String.raw() static method is a tag function of template literals. This is similar to the r prefix in Python, or the @ prefix in C# for string literals. It’s used to get the raw string form of template literals — that is, substitutions (e.g., ${foo}) are processed, but escape sequences (e.g., n) are not.

In most cases, String.raw() is used with template literals. The first syntax mentioned above is only rarely used, because the JavaScript engine will call this with proper arguments for you, (just like with other tag functions).

String.raw() is the only built-in template literal tag. It has close semantics to an untagged literal since it concatenates all arguments and returns a string. You can even re-implement it with normal JavaScript code.

Syntax example: String.raw(strings)