Same Command Over Several Lines in C++

Question

I want to write a single variable over several lines in C++. more precisely in WINAPI.

Something like: (if \ is the command that does it,)

str=" This is a sample file trying to write multiple lines. \n but it is not same as line break. \
I am defining the same string over several lines. This is different from using backslash n. \
This is not supposed to print multipline in screen or in write file or on windows display. This\
is for ease of programming.";

The problem with this is that I got "|||" whereever I had used \ in my code. I don't want that to appear. What shall I do?

yes! i can't delete it. but you guys can close it. Please do so! — user2178841, Jun 28 '13 at 09:13

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '13 at 09:05

There are several alternatives. Here are two:

Put the content of the string into a file and read the file content into the string. When you find yourself using lots of long strings, this probably the “correct” way.

Use the following syntax:

str = "This is a string that is going over several lines "
      "but it does not include line breaks and if you print "
      "the string you will see that it looks like it was "
      "written normally.";

– C++ allows you to write several string literals after another and concatenates them automatically at compile time. That is, "a" "b" is the same as "ab", as far as C++ is concerned.

Same Command Over Several Lines in C++

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