String literals and rune literals in Go

string_rune_literals.go

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	s1 := `日`
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", s1)
	fmt.Printf("% x\n", s1) // Using the "space" flag for format.
	// Output:
	// "日"
	// e6 97 a5

	s2 := "\xe6\x97\xa5"
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", s2)
	// Output:
	// "日"

	// r := '\xe6\x97\xa5' // Illegal rune literal
}