• Paul (8/8) Jul 18 2019 Hi,
• Dennis (14/17) Jul 18 2019 Take a look at:
• Paul (1/2) Jul 18 2019 Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks for the detailed reply!

Paul <no spam.please> writes:

Hi,

I have searched, but can't find a solution. In C++ and Rust there 
is the option of enclosing a string in a sequence of chars (after 
R/r) to allow quotation marks in multiline string literals.

What is the solution in D for wysiwyg strings (or similar) 
spanning multiple lines containing quotes and apostrophes?

Thanks!

(also, how can I put formatted code in a post?)

Dennis <dkorpel gmail.com> writes:

On Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 11:38:55 UTC, Paul wrote:
 What is the solution in D for wysiwyg strings (or similar) 
 spanning multiple lines containing quotes and apostrophes?

Take a look at:
https://dlang.org/spec/lex.html#string_literals

All string literals may span multiple lines.

If you only need " and ' without `, you can use a string literal 
like this: `WysiwygCharacters`

For ' and ` in your string you can use r"WysiwygCharacters".

You can also concatenate different string literals with ~.

If your string contains code, you can try a token string like 
q{if 'a' "" ``}

Finally, you can also have custom delimiters in q-strings but I 
don't recommend them since they're hard to process for text 
editors. (Details are in the spec)

 (also, how can I put formatted code in a post?)

Often requested, but you can't.

Paul <no spam.please> writes:

 All string literals may span multiple lines.

Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks for the detailed reply!