Multiline Strings in Swift

Question

How can I create a multiline string in Swift? This is what I tried:

var myMultilineString = "This is a " + "\n" + "multiline string"
print(myMultilineString)

I wanted it to print:

This is a

multiline string

looks like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24091233/swift-split-string-over-multiple-lines — C4CodeE4Exe, Feb 09 '16 at 00:32

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '17 at 16:49

10

Swift4 has this feature built in:

var myMultilineString =
"""
This is a

multiline string
"""

very convenient

answered Nov 26 '17 at 16:49

Ciprian Rarau

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 02 '16 at 14:17

3

If you want more than a line return between the strings but rather a real blank line, then you need two line feed characers.

var myMultilineString = "This is a " + "\n\n" + "multiline string"
print(myMultilineString)

edited Sep 02 '16 at 14:17

Josh

answered Feb 09 '16 at 00:56

Price Ringo

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