How do you write multiline strings in Go?

Question

Does Go have anything similar to Python's multiline strings:

"""line 1 line 2 line 3""" 

If not, what is the preferred way of writing strings spanning multiple lines?

Answer 1

According to the language specification you can use a raw string literal, where the string is delimited by backticks instead of double quotes.

`line 1 line 2 line 3` 

Answer 2

You can write:

"line 1" + "line 2" + "line 3" 

which is the same as:

"line 1line 2line 3" 

Unlike using back ticks, it will preserve escape characters. Note that the "+" must be on the 'leading' line - for instance, the following will generate an error:

"line 1" +"line 2"