How to set a multiline string variable in vbnet

Question

I need to store a multiline string inside a variable:

dim str as string = "
    some words
    some words
    some
    words
"

How?

@Steve thanks 'cause that's a solution but really I want to avoid the usage of "newlines" because I have texts of a large number of lines, I cannot set a multiline string in vbnet as C# multiline strings? — , Jun 08 '13 at 17:16
You don't want to use Environment.NewLine but want newlines in the string? — unlimit, Jun 08 '13 at 17:20
you might consider using external text file if your text is extremely large. — ajakblackgoat, Jun 08 '13 at 18:17
possible duplicate of [Multiline strings in VB.NET](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/706382/multiline-strings-in-vb-net) — Damith, Jun 08 '13 at 18:21

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '13 at 12:28

No need to use the classes to insert new lines, you can do it like this:

Dim Logo As String= <a><![CDATA[
___  ___        _  _    _  _  _              
|  \/  |       | || |  (_)| |(_)             
| .  . | _   _ | || |_  _ | | _  _ __    ___ 
| |\/| || | | || || __|| || || || '_ \  / _ \
| |  | || |_| || || |_ | || || || | | ||  __/
\_|  |_/ \__,_||_| \__||_||_||_||_| |_| \___|


 _____  _          _                         
/  ___|| |        (_)                        
\ `--. | |_  _ __  _  _ __    __ _           
 `--. \| __|| '__|| || '_ \  / _` |          
/\__/ /| |_ | |   | || | | || (_| |          
\____/  \__||_|   |_||_| |_| \__, |          
                              __/ |          
                             |___/           
]]></a>.Value

Console.WriteLine(Logo)

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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VB.Net has no such feature and it will not be coming in Visual Studio 2010.

look Multiline strings in VB.NET for workarounds

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jun 08 '13 at 17:15

varun

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dont you mean has not come in visual studio 2010 or 2012, refering to a prduct that has been released in the future tense is slightly strange. – user1937198 Jun 08 '13 at 18:46

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 08 '13 at 22:54

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Make it like this ..

dim str as string = "some words" & vbCrlf & "some words" & vbCrlf & "some" & vbCrlf & "words"

OR try it with vbLf

answered Jun 08 '13 at 22:54

matzone

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 14 '13 at 09:08

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you can use XML for this like

dim vrstr as string = <s>
    some words
    some words
    some
    words
</s>

answered Dec 14 '13 at 09:08

Jack Gajanan

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How to set a multiline string variable in vbnet

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