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fiercedeity

Tue Nov 01, 2016 12:24 pm


Dividing strings over multiple lines?

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Hello!
I'm just wondering, because I have been able to find anything online, and I wanted to ask the programming world specifically, before giving up:
Is there any way to divide strings over multiple lines in the code itself?
I've been trying to tidy up the code of a game I've been working on, and I've realized that long equations and "Draw" statements can be divided ... well pretty much wherever in the line, but is there a way to divide a line such as:

text :=  "Hi. This is a really long string, and I want it to be divided so I'm not spanning the entire width of the screen while other lines of code only span a little bit of it."

I'm making a game with lots of dialogue and assigning text to variables is the best way (and the only way, I guess) to use the text using the Font.Draw procedure.

I know I can do the following:

text :=  "Hi. This is a really long string,"
text := text + "and I want it to be divided" ...

but that just seems pointless, kinda redundant, and more messy than just letting the text span the whole window's width.

So if there's something I can do that I've just simply not  realized, then it would be great to know!

If not, well it would be cool if there was a way.

Anyhow, thanks for the replies.


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Insectoid

Wed Nov 02, 2016 10:21 am


RE:Dividing strings over multiple lines?

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The following will work:[code]var string := "this is a really long string" + 

" and I want it to be divided"[/code]

Alternatively, OpenTuring will automatically word wrap for you, with no changes to your code.


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fiercedeity

Wed Nov 02, 2016 10:27 am


Re: Dividing strings over multiple lines?

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Ohhhhh ...
Thank you!

What a wonderful aha moment you just gave me.

That works perfectly, thanks!