From:	Matthew Mastracci <mmastrac AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Init string question
Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 1997 20:33:37 -0700
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Jose Luis Perandones Colino wrote:

> I want a constant sting, but the string is very long, can i declare in
> multiple lines???
> 
> char text=" ... "
>            ^^^^^a very very long string(2000 chars)
> 
> i want split this in multiple lines.

Easy.  C can concatenate two string constants placed end-to-end without
any special operations.  For instance:

"blah" "foo"

is equivalent to:

"blahfoo"

And:

"la la"
" de dah"

is the same as:

"la la de dah"

Just break the string into managable bits and put them on separate lines.
Good luck!

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