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Article #6214Re: basic C question...
From: Heinrich Wolf
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:41
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 21:41
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... > I think a single backslash will be a alternative. > It tells the preprocessor to go to next line. > > AnsiString MyString = "This is a very long string. So, \ > I'd prefer to make it on seperate \ > lines like this so that I can read \ > it in my code without having to use \ > the scrollbars across the bottom of \ > the screen."; ... The disadvantage of using the backslash is, that you cannot indent the following lines. The backslash here is used as the escape character which invalidates the invisibly following newline character. The escape character is also used in "C:\\ntldr" or in "You ask: \"Why?\"". Regards Heiner
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