Multiline Strings

[bi0qaw]

Multiline strings should be supported.

Syntax should be something like this:

"""
Some
Multilinne
String
"""

And when used in a line of code:

set {text} to \
    """
    Some
    Multiline
    String
    """

The \ tells the parse that the code continues on the next line. Indentation should be supported as well:

set [text] to \
    """
    Some
        Indented
    String
    """

[Olyno]

It's good idea. I just don't like the python-likes syntax multiline string 😅

[bi0qaw]

An alternative could be a section style syntax:

set [text] to multiline text:
    Some
    Multiline
    String

But in this case it is not very easy to see that it is supposed to be a string.

[Olyno]

Why not using "`" symbol like javascript or typescript insead of current string symbol?

[bi0qaw]

Where would you put them?

set [text] to \
    `
    Some
    Multiline
    String
    `

This looks a bit weird to me

[Olyno]

set {_text} to `
    Some
    Multiline
    String
    `

and Skript could interpret this as "Add all lines from the first ` to the next ` and don't execute them"

[bensku]

JEP 355 for Java's approach of this might be useful read. Not that Skript should necessarily follow it, but many different styles of multiline text literals are covered there.