String-variables having many lines in js

Question

EDIT OK, I've realised there is already an answer answering this question with NO: Creating multiline strings in JavaScript

Thanks for all escaping/concatenating answers, but it is not what I needed. END EDIT

In Python it is possible to define string variables having many lines by the notation

"""
many
many lines
"""

Is there something like this in JavaScript?

@Kitler: I always check if an answer is suggested while I write the question. I yes, I skip writing and use the answer. — Valentin H, Jul 10 '15 at 12:38
@Mateutek Your luck, that comments can't be downvoted:-). You probably meant: ' \t many \t\t\n'+ +'\n\n \n\n \tmany lines\t\n'+ +'\t \t \tlines\n\t\n'; — Valentin H, Jul 10 '15 at 12:40
@ValentinHeinitz Exactly :) Some IDE do this way out of the box — Mateutek, Jul 10 '15 at 12:46

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '15 at 12:17

-1

I think you could use it like this:

var str = 'many\n' +
          'many lines';

answered Jul 10 '15 at 12:17

Maxim Zhukov

10,060
5
44
88

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '15 at 12:18

Although such a thing does not exist in Javascript there is a way around it. Instead of the occasional """ """, you can add a \ at the end of each line. That in turn will create a "Multi-line string". Here is an example:

var myString = "This is \
                my multi \
                line string";

EDIT

I thought I should also point this out. Another way of accomplishing this is to concatenate together the strings, like so:

var myString = "This is" +
               "my multi" +
               "line string";

String-variables having many lines in js

2 Answers2