Thread: Storing multi line text

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    Storing multi line text

    Can someone tell me how I would store multi line text?

    eg

    Code:
    char *text = "AAA [Date]
    BBB [Time]"
    or

    Code:
    char text[] = {AAA [Date]
    BBB [Time]};
    Also, how do I escape '['??

    Thanks

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    Code:
    char text[] = "AAA [Date]\nBBB[Time]";
    Haven't you used '\n' in printf() before?

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    What if I have huge amount of text? Do I need to aaa\nbbb\nccc\n ?? Is that the only way?

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    if you have a 'huge' amount of text maybe read it in from a file

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    And if it's incredibly huge and requires a file, don't bother storing it in one array like that.

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    Code:
    char *text = "AAA [Date]"
                 "BBB [Time]";
    the strings will be joined together as if you wrote:
    Code:
    char *text = "AAA [Date]BBB [Time]";

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