What does 'R' mean in the context of string literals?

Question

This code basically talks to a AMPS server and tries to publish a topic.

What is meaning of R in the second parameter of the publish()?

#include <ampsplusplus.hpp>
#include <iostream>

int main(void)
{
    const char* uri = "tcp://127.0.0.1:9007/amps/json";

    // Construct a client with the name "examplePublisher".

    AMPS::Client ampsClient("examplePublisher");

    try
    {
        // connect to the server and log on
        ampsClient.connect(uri);
        ampsClient.logon();

        // publish a JSON message
        ampsClient.publish("messages",
                           R"({ "message" : "Hello, World!" ,)"
                           R"(client" : 1 })");

    }
    catch (const AMPS::AMPSException&amp; e)
    {
        std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
        exit(1);
    }
    return 0;
}

Answer 1

prefix(optional) R "delimiter( raw_characters )delimiter" (6) (since C++11)

Raw string literal. Used to avoid escaping of any character. Anything between the delimiters becomes part of the string. prefix, if present, has the same meaning as described above.

Example:

const char* s1 = R"foo(
Hello
World
)foo";
//same as
const char* s2 = "\nHello\nWorld\n";

where foo is the delimiter.

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In your case, a message would print:

{ "message" : "Hello, World!" ,client" : 1 }