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

For SQL queries or other long strings that have their own syntax, I'll sometimes do something like this:

        private const string QUERY = @"
SELECT *
FROM Table1 AS T1
INNER JOIN Table2 AS T2 ON T1.ID = T2.T1ID
WHERE T1.VALUE = @P1
GROUP BY T2.OTHERVALUE
";

This leaves the formatting of the string intact.