How do I break a string over multiple lines?

Question

In YAML, I have a string that\'s very long. I want to keep this within the 80-column (or so) view of my editor, so I\'d like to break the string. What\'s the syntax for this

Answer 1

To preserve newlines use |, for example:

|
  This is a very long sentence
  that spans several lines in the YAML
  but which will be rendered as a string
  with newlines preserved.

is translated to "This is a very long sentence‌\n that spans several lines in the YAML‌\n but which will be rendered as a string‌\n with newlines preserved.\n"