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_Literal strings are delimited using doublequotes_

In awk, literal strings are delimited using [[doublequote?]] symbols:

_Empty strings_

A pair of consecutive [[doublequote?]] symbols can be used to represent an [[empty_string?]].

Backslash notation can be used to include special characters_

It is possible to include [[special_character?]]s in literal strings by using backslash symbol notation to represent escape sequences.