Writing a string in multiple lines in editor

[HandsFree]

Hi,

Can't find this anywhere.
Is it possible to continue a statement on a next line somehow? I have some long texts and I would like it to remain readable in the editor without scrolling.
In VB you would use &_ I think:

Code: ags

sLongText = "the long text" &_
" continues here.";

Does AGS have something like this?

[Adeel]

E: Nvm. I read your post too fast. I thought you were asking for breaking line in "Display()" command.

[Monsieur OUXX]

As far as I know, it's not possible.
AGS can handle instructions being split over several lines, but not when it's inside quotes (inside of a string)

The best workaround I can think of is :

Code: ags

  String s =    "Line #1";
  s = s.Append( "Line #2");
  s = s.Append( "Line #3");
  s = s.Append( "Line #4");
  s = s.Append( "Line #5");

[HandsFree]

Yes, so far I've done the thing with the appends but that feels like a strange workaround. And I read that the translation file doesn't recognize appends so another way of doing this would be welcome.

Just so I know, how does it work when not inside quotes?

[Gurok]

When it's not inside quotes, a statement only ends in AGS when you place a semicolon after it. Something like this is valid AGS script:

Code: ags

int
x
;
x
=
0
;
while
(
x
<
10
)
x++
;

Moreover, new lines are treated just like they're spaces. If you need to space things out, any whitespace will do

[Billbis]

For translations :

Code: ags

if (Game.TranslationFilename =="") {
    lText = "My text 1";
    lText = lText.Append("and my text 2.");
} else if (Game.TranslationFilename == "French") {
    lText = "Mon texte 1";
    lText = lText.Append("et mon texte 2");
} else if (Game.TranslationFilename == "Spanish") {
    ...
}
labCreditText.Text = lText;

[HandsFree]

Ok thanks.
Translation are going to be very unfun this way.

[Crimson Wizard]

For translations :

Code: ags

if (Game.TranslationFilename =="") {
    lText = "My text 1";
    lText = lText.Append("and my text 2.");
} else if (Game.TranslationFilename == "French") {
    lText = "Mon texte 1";
    lText = lText.Append("et mon texte 2");
} else if (Game.TranslationFilename == "Spanish") {
    ...
}
labCreditText.Text = lText;

What??

Code: ags

lText = GetTranslation("My text 1");
lText = lText.Append(GetTranslation("and my text 2."));

[Billbis]

Why I haven't thank about that method earlier? Sorry about that.