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JavaScript Multiline String

The question is:

What is the JavaScript method to store a multiline string into a variable like you can in PHP?

Solution

  • If by 'multiline string' you mean a string containing linebreaks, those can be written by escaping them using \n (for newline):

    var multilineString = 'Line 1\nLine 2';
alert(multilineString);
// Line 1
// Line 2

    If you mean, how can a string be written across multiple lines of code, then you can continue the string by putting a \ backslash at the end of the line:

    var multilineString = 'Line \
1\nLine 2';
alert(multilineString);
// Line 1
// Line 2