In C#, what's the best way to spread a single-line string literal across multiple source lines?

Question

Suppose that you have a lengthy string (> 80 characters) that you want to spread across multiple source lines, but don\'t want to include any newline characters.

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Answer 1

If you want to keep the code as minimal as you can and be able to read it easily I would still go with a @ literal string. Plus its faster if you source is long and..

string verbatimLit = @" 
   __   __  
  /  `-'  \ 
 /_| N   |_\  Sometimes
   |  I  |    format in code
   |   N |    matters
   |_____|  
";

Then remove the newlines from the string in 1 line,

verbatimLit.Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ");