# examples from page 142
print this is a line \
continuation

# The following works but is not recommended.
wh\
ile ((x<3)); do ((x++));command; do\
ne

print -r '!*+\'"'"   # Concatenates ' to a literal
                     # string.

print $'hello\n\tworld'
# \t is a tab character
# \n is a newline character