Thread: Store Large Amounts of Text Into Variable

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    Store Large Amounts of Text Into Variable

    Hello

    I'm making a text-based adventure game with C++. It includes lots of random variables and cases, which is hard to keep track of. Is there any way that, instad of this:
    Code:
    if (e == 1)
    {action}
    else if (e == 2)
    {action 2}
    I could just type something like:
    Code:
    case1
    In other words, as the title says, can large amounts of text be stored to a variable? If so, how would I do it?

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    Er, yes. That's what std::string is for.

    But somehow I don't think that's quite what you want. What you really want is a game engine and the ability to define the actual game data in data files. And that's a lot more complex.
    All the buzzt!
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