5 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_escapes.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_escapes.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51b90d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_escapes.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+contract test {
+    function f() public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        bytes32 escapeCharacters = "\t\b\n\r\f\'\"\\\b";
+        return escapeCharacters;
+    }
+}
+// ----
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_new_line.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_new_line.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..da2240f7
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+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_new_line.sol
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+contract test {
+    function f() public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        bytes32 escapeCharacters = "This a test
+        ";
+        return escapeCharacters;
+    }
+}
+// ----
+// ParserError: (100-112): Expected primary expression.
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_terminated_by_backslash.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_terminated_by_backslash.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3eaba6af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_terminated_by_backslash.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+contract test {
+    function f() public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        bytes32 escapeCharacters = "text \";
+        return escapeCharacters;
+    }
+}
+// ----
+// ParserError: (100-109): Expected primary expression.
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated.sol
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index 00000000..3291781e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated.sol
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+contract test {
+    function f() public pure returns (bytes32) {
+        bytes32 escapeCharacters = "This a test
+    }
+}
+// ----
+// ParserError: (100-112): Expected primary expression.
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated_no_new_line.sol b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated_no_new_line.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7be50d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/syntaxTests/string/string_unterminated_no_new_line.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+contract test {
+    function f() pure public { "abc\
+// ----
+// ParserError: (47-53): Expected primary expression.
+\ No newline at end of file