Re: What is the preferred way to embed multi-line string in C source?

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• Subject: Re: What is the preferred way to embed multi-line string in C source?
• From: David Jones <drj@...>
• Date: 2008年12月19日 16:53:42 +0000

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On 19 Dec 2008, at 05:13, Rob Hoelz wrote:

I believe you can do the following:
char *luaCode = "function foo()\n"
 " print('foo')\n"
 "end";
Not ideal, but hey, it works.

Yes, adjacent literal strings just get concatenated. The portable limit on the total length of the string as specified in the standard is 4095 characters (in C99). If you are generating C code with a program you can easily go past this.

drj

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