> On 6 Dec 2006 10:08:48 -0800, Andrew Backer wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
> > as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
> > ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
> > when I should be able to do
> > ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
> >
> > Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
> > So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
> > googling but I can't find anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
>
> Instead of vbcrlf use Environment.NewLine
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"Andrew Backer" wrote:

> Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
> as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
> when I should be able to do
> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
>
> Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
> So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
> googling but I can't find anything.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
>

"David Anton" <DavidAn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
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> Unfortunately, VB does not have a feature comparable to the verbatim
> string
> literals of C#.  You are stuck with the syntax you mentioned.
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> "Andrew Backer" wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
>> as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
>> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
>> when I should be able to do
>> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
>>
>> Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
>> So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
>> googling but I can't find anything.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew
>>
>>

"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" wrote:

> David,
>
> Unfortuataly?.
>
> I wished that legacy from even before C was not in C#.
>
> Cor
>
> "David Anton" <DavidAn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
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> > Unfortunately, VB does not have a feature comparable to the verbatim
> > string
> > literals of C#.  You are stuck with the syntax you mentioned.
> > --
> > David Anton
> > www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
> > Instant C#: VB to C# converter
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> >
> >
> > "Andrew Backer" wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
> >> as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
> >> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
> >> when I should be able to do
> >> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
> >>
> >> Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
> >> So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
> >> googling but I can't find anything.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

"Phill W." wrote:

> David Anton wrote:
> > Really?  I find it is a very intuitive wysiwyg feature.
> >
> > string myString = @"this
> > string extends over many lines and
> > has line breaks exactly as you see them here";
>
> Which is fine for 'C'-like languages, where the end of statement marker
> is an explicit ";", but not so well in VB, where end-of-line =
> end-of-statement.  :-)
>
> Regards,
>     Phill  W.
>

> "David Anton" <DavidAn***@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb:
> > Right - I can see why it's not done in VB, but the reason is purely
> > technical, not because anyone should find it confusing.
>
> It's not even technical.  It would be possible to extend the compiler to
> support "continued" string literals.
>
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> Andrew Backer wrote:
> > Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
> > as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
> > ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
> > when I should be able to do
> > ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
> >
> > Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
> > So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
> > googling but I can't find anything.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
>
> The only way I can think of is:
>
> String.Format("Line 1 : {0}{1}Line2 : {2}", o, vbcrlf, t)

> <za***@construction-imaging.com> schrieb:
> >> Is it possible to embed a newline constant in a string in the same way
> >> as c#?  I really don't want to do something like this:
> >> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0} " & vbcrlf & " Line 2 : {1}", o, t)
> >> when I should be able to do
> >> ++ String.Format("Line 1 : {0}\nLine2 : {2}", o, t)
> >>
> >> Not the best example, I am sure, but it does get worse in many cases?
> >> So, is there a way to do this in vb, or am I stuck?  I have tried
> >> googling but I can't find anything.
> >
> > The only way I can think of is:
> >
> > String.Format("Line 1 : {0}{1}Line2 : {2}", o, vbcrlf, t)
>
> This solution is even worse because one additional concatenation needs to be
> performed at runtime!

"Andrew Backer" <awbac***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >
>> I agree, I was just trying to show the OP the futility in his request.
>
> Sorry I am futile, but in reality this is just a simple Yes (and here
> is how) or No question.  It got answered a while back that it is
> probably not possible.  To explain my frustration I will do this again
> :
>
> In c++/c/c#/php/just about everything you can embed control chars in a
> string using a \.
>
> Examples of this include, but are not limited to, \n \r \t.
> An example : "This is the first line \n and this is the second \n\t and
> this is tabbed in"
>
> *** My question was, and still is, this :
> Can I do this in VB.Net somehow.  That is all.
>
> ----------------------------
>
> In response I have gotten a lot of OT and other comments that really
> don't answer the actual question.  I know it is difficult to read the
> OP, but even with performance in mind I am not sure how relevant the
> remarks are.  I will take the hit of an extra concatenation for easier
> to read code.
>
> Perhaps if this were in a loop of 10K + allocations I might ask a
> question and phrase it as such : "What is the fastest way to so xxxx".
> In this case, unless this is seriously the choke point in my
> application and I am sure the rest of the damn framework is perfectly
> optimized for this (And I am sure all the perf guys have analyzed the
> IL)   then I'll worry about the extra cycle.  But it wouldn't matter
> because it's just in an exception formatter, and is rarely called.  I
> know, I didn't say where it was.  But that's because it wasn't the
> question.
>