How to assign a block of text to a string in C#

[Richard Frenkel]

I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?

[Justin Rogers]

string x =
@"
some
text
";

If you need to embed quote marks, then double them up using ""
--
Justin Rogers
DigiTec Web Consultants, LLC.
Blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/justin_rogers
"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message
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I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?

[Bob Grommes]

No, there is no equivalent syntax in C#.

--Bob

"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message
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I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?

[clintonG]

The StringBuilder Class [1] is the only practical class offering the
functionality you need to achieve the objective.
--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA
NET cs*********@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp


"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message
news:7e*************************@posting.google.co m...

I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?

[Ben Dewey]

I am not sure if this is exactly correct but try.

string myString = null;
TextReader tr = File.OpenText(@"C:\test\sometext.txt");
myString = tr.ReadToEnd();
"clintonG" <csgallagher@RE************@metromilwaukee.com> wrote in message news:<uH**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl>...

The StringBuilder Class [1] is the only practical class offering the
functionality you need to achieve the objective.
--
<%= Clinton Gallagher
A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA
NET cs*********@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/

[1]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp


"Richard Frenkel" <ne*******@frenkelfamily.org> wrote in message
news:7e*************************@posting.google.co m...

I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?

[Scatropolis]

One idiea that I've had that haven't followed up on is to have an imbedded
text file. Then just read the text file when needed. I know there's a way.
Also if it comes down to it you could right a very basic program that auto
wrote all those "x += " for you. Just two textboxes. Probably not what
you're wanting though.

On 08/05/2004 ne*******@frenkelfamily.org (Richard Frenkel) wrote:

I'd like to embed a bunch of text in a c# source file and assign it to
a string.
something like:

----------------------------
string x = <<eof

This is a bunch of text
that is assigned to string x
until the "eof" on a line
by itself is encountered.

eof
-------------------------------

of course anyone using Perl will recongize this very convenient
syntax. Otherwise one has to go thru:

x = 'blah blah';
x += 'more blah blah";
etc which is tedious. Just adding all the quotes is tedious. And if
there are quotes in the text block it's even MORE tedious, and tedium
is something I don't care for as a programer. So is there a way to do
this in the C# compiler?