How can I write multiline strings in Haskell?

Question

Let\'s say I have this string literal with line breaks:

file :: String
file = \"the first line\\nthe second line\\nthe third line\"

Is there an

Answer 1

In Haskell you can type multiline strings by ending it with a backslash \ and beginning the newline with another \, just like so :

file :: String
file = "the first line\n\  
    \the second line\n\  
    \the third line\n"