# Text and escaping
## Text
Literal strings use the same syntax as Rust.
Wrap them in double quotes,
and use a backslash for escapes.
```rust
# let _ = maud::
html! {
"Oatmeal, are you crazy?"
}
# ;
```
## Raw strings
If the string is long,
or contains many special characters,
then it may be worth using [raw strings] instead:
```rust
# let _ = maud::
html! {
pre {
r#"
Rocks, these are my rocks.
Sediments make me sedimental.
Smooth and round,
Asleep in the ground.
Shades of brown
And gray.
"#
}
}
# ;
```
[raw strings]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/tokens.html#raw-string-literals
## Escaping and `PreEscaped`
By default,
HTML special characters are escaped automatically.
Wrap the string in `(PreEscaped())` to disable this escaping.
(See the section on [splices](splices-toggles.md) to
learn more about how this works.)
```rust
use maud::PreEscaped;
# let _ = maud::
html! {
"<script>alert(\"XSS\")</script>" // <script>...
(PreEscaped("<script>alert(\"XSS\")</script>")) // <script>...
}
# ;
```
## The `DOCTYPE` constant
If you want to add a `<!DOCTYPE html>` declaration to your page,
you may use the `maud::DOCTYPE` constant
instead of writing it out by hand:
```rust
use maud::DOCTYPE;
# let _ = maud::
html! {
(DOCTYPE) // <!DOCTYPE html>
}
# ;
```