How to put a break line in string?

Question

How can i put break line in string.
Something like this.

string var = "hey
s";

Would be something like this.

hey
s

Answer 1

You should just put a \n between hey and s. So:

string var = "hey\ns";

Answer 2

Line breaking can be achieved using Dan's advice:

string var = "hey\ns";

Note that you cannot do this the way you wanted:

string var = "hey     // this is not
s";                   // valid code

and it's a design choice of C++.

Older languages generally do not allow you to define multiline strings.

But, for example, Python does allow you exactly this:

someString = """
    this is a
    multiline
    string
"""

and printing someString will give you a true multiline string.

You can forget about this when using C++, though.