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Idiom #48 Multi-line string literal

Assign to variable s a string literal consisting in several lines of text, including newlines.

s : String := "Will this compile? " &
     "Oh yes it will";
char *s = "Huey\n"
          "Dewey\n"
          "Louie";
(def s "Murs, ville,
Et port,
Asile
De mort,
Mer grise
Où brise
La brise,
Tout dort.")
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. multi-line string.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 s    PIC X(20).
01 str  PIC X(5) VALUE 'COBOL'.
01 str1 PIC X(4) VALUE 'RULE'.
01 str2 PIC X(3) VALUE 'THE'.
01 str3 PIC X(5) VALUE 'WORLD'.
PROCEDURE  DIVISION.       
    STRING str ' ' str1 ' ' str2 ' ' str3 
    DELIMITED BY SIZE INTO s
STOP RUN.
#include <string>
std::string s = R"( Earth is a planet.
So is the Jupiter)";
string s = @"Huey
Dewey
Louie";
auto s = "One,
Two,
Three
";
auto s = `line1
line2
line3`;
auto s = r"line1
line2
line3";
var s = '''A
multi-line
string''';
var s = """A
multi-line
string""";
s = """
multiline
heredoc
"""
s = "Spanning
string
works"
S = "Strings
may span
across multiple lines"
"and they can"
"have as many portions"
"as you want"
"all of them quoted".
  s = "Hello &
      &World"

s := `Huey
Dewey
Louie`
def s = """line 1
line 2
line 3"""
def s = """\
	line 1
	line 2
	line 3""".stripIndent()
s = unlines [
     "several"
    ,"lines"
    ,"of"
    ,"text"]
s :: String
s = "We will put a backslash to take a break\
     \and then a backslash to resume"
let s = `This is a very long string which needs 
to wrap across multiple lines because 
otherwise my code is unreadable.`;
let s = "This is a very long string which needs \n" +
        "to wrap across multiple lines because \n" +
        "otherwise my code is unreadable.";
let s = "This is a very long string which needs \
to wrap across multiple lines because \
otherwise my code is unreadable.";
String s = "This is a very long string which needs \n" +
           "to wrap across multiple lines because \n" +
           "otherwise my code is unreadable.";
String s = """
This is a very long string which needs
to wrap across multiple lines because
otherwise my code is unreadable.
""";
val s =
    """
    This is my
    multi-line string.
    """
(setf s "a
b
c
d")
s = [[
Huey
Dewey
Louie
]]

s = 'Huey \n'..
'Dewey \n'..
'Louie'
NSString *s=@"Huey\n"
            @"Dewey\n"
            @"Louie";
$s = "This string 
is spanning
three lines";
$s = <<<EOD
Huey
Dewey
Louie
EOD;
var 
  _s: String;
begin
  _s := 'one' + LineEnding + 'two' + LineEnding + 'three'
end.
$s =<<EOSTR;
One of the ways to create multiline text is called
the "here doc" (lifted from various UNIX shells).
A 'here doc' is the <<tag construct.  Perl continues to treat
all the text found as part of the string until there's a line containing
the EOSTR tag at the beginning
EOSTR
$s = "Perl normally allows
strings to contain newlines.";
$s = q{
There are a good few ways to create multiline
text strings in perl.
};
s = """Huey
Dewey
Louie"""
s = "Spanning
string
works"
let s = "line 1
line 2
line 3";
let s = r#"Huey
Dewey
Louie"#;
val s = """line 1
line 2
line 3"""
Dim s as String = "
This
Is
Multiline
Text!"
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Idiom created by

deleplace 
s : String := "Will this compile? " &
     "Oh yes it will";
char *s = "Huey\n"
          "Dewey\n"
          "Louie";
(def s "Murs, ville,
Et port,
Asile
De mort,
Mer grise
Où brise
La brise,
Tout dort.")
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. multi-line string.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 s    PIC X(20).
01 str  PIC X(5) VALUE 'COBOL'.
01 str1 PIC X(4) VALUE 'RULE'.
01 str2 PIC X(3) VALUE 'THE'.
01 str3 PIC X(5) VALUE 'WORLD'.
PROCEDURE  DIVISION.       
    STRING str ' ' str1 ' ' str2 ' ' str3 
    DELIMITED BY SIZE INTO s
STOP RUN.
std::string s = R"( Earth is a planet.
So is the Jupiter)";
string s = @"Huey
Dewey
Louie";
auto s = "One,
Two,
Three
";
auto s = `line1
line2
line3`;
auto s = r"line1
line2
line3";
var s = '''A
multi-line
string''';
var s = """A
multi-line
string""";
s = """
multiline
heredoc
"""
s = "Spanning
string
works"
S = "Strings
may span
across multiple lines"
"and they can"
"have as many portions"
"as you want"
"all of them quoted".
  s = "Hello &
      &World"

s := `Huey
Dewey
Louie`
def s = """line 1
line 2
line 3"""
def s = """\
	line 1
	line 2
	line 3""".stripIndent()
s = unlines [
     "several"
    ,"lines"
    ,"of"
    ,"text"]
s :: String
s = "We will put a backslash to take a break\
     \and then a backslash to resume"
let s = `This is a very long string which needs 
to wrap across multiple lines because 
otherwise my code is unreadable.`;
let s = "This is a very long string which needs \n" +
        "to wrap across multiple lines because \n" +
        "otherwise my code is unreadable.";
let s = "This is a very long string which needs \
to wrap across multiple lines because \
otherwise my code is unreadable.";
String s = "This is a very long string which needs \n" +
           "to wrap across multiple lines because \n" +
           "otherwise my code is unreadable.";
String s = """
This is a very long string which needs
to wrap across multiple lines because
otherwise my code is unreadable.
""";
val s =
    """
    This is my
    multi-line string.
    """
(setf s "a
b
c
d")
s = [[
Huey
Dewey
Louie
]]

s = 'Huey \n'..
'Dewey \n'..
'Louie'
NSString *s=@"Huey\n"
            @"Dewey\n"
            @"Louie";
$s = "This string 
is spanning
three lines";
$s = <<<EOD
Huey
Dewey
Louie
EOD;
var 
  _s: String;
begin
  _s := 'one' + LineEnding + 'two' + LineEnding + 'three'
end.
$s =<<EOSTR;
One of the ways to create multiline text is called
the "here doc" (lifted from various UNIX shells).
A 'here doc' is the <<tag construct.  Perl continues to treat
all the text found as part of the string until there's a line containing
the EOSTR tag at the beginning
EOSTR
$s = "Perl normally allows
strings to contain newlines.";
$s = q{
There are a good few ways to create multiline
text strings in perl.
};
s = """Huey
Dewey
Louie"""
s = "Spanning
string
works"
let s = "line 1
line 2
line 3";
let s = r#"Huey
Dewey
Louie"#;
val s = """line 1
line 2
line 3"""
Dim s as String = "
This
Is
Multiline
Text!"