Does VB.NET have a multi-line string declaration syntax equivalent to c#? [duplicate]

Answer 1

EDIT: VS2015 ONWARDS

YOU CAN NOW HAVE MULTILINE STRINGS IN VS2015 BY WRITING THEM LIKE SO:

Dim text as String = "
This
Is
Multiline
Text!"

There is no multi-line string literal in VB .NET - the closest thing you can get (without using LINQ) is a multi-line statement with concatenation.

Prior to VS2010:

Dim x = "some string" & vbCrlf & _
        "the rest of the string"

Post 2010:

Dim x = "some string" & vbCrlf &
        "the rest of the string"

The XML/LINQ trick is:

Imports System.Core
Imports System.XML
Imports System.XML.Linq

Dim x As String = <a>Some code
and stuff</a>.Value

But this limits what characters you can place inside the <a></a> block because of XML semantics. If you need to use special characters wrap the text in a standard CDATA block:

Dim x As String = <a><![CDATA[Some code
& stuff]]></a>.Value

Answer 2

I dont know if it's the best way of doing this but I don't think there's an equivalent operator.

Dim myString As String =
"Hello" & Environment.NewLine & "there" & Environment.NewLine & "mister"

I think the Environement.NewLine takes the correct line feed, depending on the OS.

EDIT: I've just read that you want to insert text multiline directly in the code, so there's another possible solution:

You have to use string quotations still, and commas, but here it is

    Dim myList as new List(of String) (new String(){
        "Hello",
        "there",
        "mister"
    })

    Dim result as String

    For Each bob as String In myList
        result += bob & Environment.NewLine
    next

Answer 3

No, but you can use a xml trick like this:

Dim s As String = <a>hello
there
mister</a>.Value

or put your string in a project resource.

Answer 4

This is what MSDN recommends http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5chcthbw(v=vs.80).aspx

MyString = "This is the first line of my string." & VbCrLf & _ "This is the second line of my string." & VbCrLf & _ "This is the third line of my string."