id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
1649	"Multiline strings without the ""& _"""	JRowe	Jon	"This would be very useful to alleviate several cases where multi-line strings are useful, and the & _ syntax becomes clumsy or even difficult to work with.

It helps in both coding and making code readable.

I've been using multiline strings for string manipulation, in the building of MySQL queries, document parsing, in AuCGI, and various other areas.


{{{
$s_String = ""This is a test."" & _
""This is a continuation of the test."" & _
""The ideal behavior for multi-line strings would be to emulate the appearance in the code file.""
ConsoleWrite($s_String & @LF)
ConsoleWrite(@LF)
$s_String = ""This is another test."" & @LF & _
""This is a continuation of the other test."" & @LF & _
""New lines should implicitly have @LF or @CR.""
ConsoleWrite($s_String & @LF)
}}}

This is how I'd expect to write a multiline string - this would be very useful and save lots of time.


{{{
$s_String = ""This is What I'd expect to write.
Another line.
The string would be an exact match to what's written here, with no awkward & _ syntax.""
}}}
"	Feature Request	closed		AutoIt		None	Rejected	multiline strings