Are there any long C string across multiple lines

[PengYu.UT]

Hi,

In python, triple quote (""") can be used to quote a paragraph
(multiple lines). I'm wondering if there is any equivalent in C++.

For the following code, I could write the long string in a single line
with "\n" in the middle, or I could use multiple cout and endl. But I
just feel more readable if I can have the whole paragraph as a string.

Thanks,
Peng

#include <iostream>

int main() {
std::cout << "a long long long long long
long long long long long long string" << std::endl;
}

 

[tragomaskhalos]

Hi,

For the following code, I could write the long string in a single line
with "\n" in the middle, or I could use multiple cout and endl. But I
just feel more readable if I can have the whole paragraph as a string.

Thanks,
Peng

#include <iostream>

int main() {
std::cout << "a long long long long long
long long long long long long string" << std::endl;

For a single ubbroken line:
std::cout << "a long long long long long"
" long long long long long long string" << std::endl;


For a split line (which is what you're asking for):
std::cout << "a long long long long long\n"
" long long long long long long string" << std::endl;

iow you can put multiple string literals together and
the compiler will concatenate them.
Not quite as elegant as you want but hey-ho.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

In python, triple quote (""") can be used to quote a paragraph
(multiple lines). I'm wondering if there is any equivalent in C++.

For the following code, I could write the long string in a single line
with "\n" in the middle, or I could use multiple cout and endl. But I
just feel more readable if I can have the whole paragraph as a string.

Thanks,
Peng

#include <iostream>

int main() {
std::cout << "a long long long long long
long long long long long long string" << std::endl;
}

Two string literals in a row are concatenated into one string literal:

int main()
{
std::cout << "bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla"
" bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla"
" bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla";
}

For explicit linebreaks you still need to use \n.