How to: Generate Multiline String Literals

This example demonstrates two ways of constructing a multiline string literal.

Example

string myString1 = "This is the first line of my string.\n" +
                   "This is the second line of my string.\n" +
                   "This is the third line of the string.\n";
string myString2 = @"This is the first line of my string.
This is the second line of my string.
This is the third line of the string.";

Compiling the Code

Copy the code and paste it into the Main method of a console application.

See Also

Concepts

C# Language Primer

Other Resources

Visual C# Express