Multiline string literal in C#

Question

Is there an easy way to create a multiline string literal in C#?

Here's what I have now:

string query = "SELECT foo, bar" + " FROM table" + " WHERE id = 42"; 

I know PHP has

<<<BLOCK  BLOCK; 

Does C# have something similar?

Answer 1

You can use the @ symbol in front of a string to form a verbatim string literal:

string query = @"SELECT foo, bar FROM table WHERE id = 42"; 

You also do not have to escape special characters when you use this method, except for double quotes as shown in Jon Skeet's answer.