From: Farrel Lifson <farrel.lifson@...>
Date: 2006-11-06T15:53:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Multi-line variable

On 06/11/06, Googled <wanted@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there any Ruby equivalent to:
>
> php:
>
> $var = <<<END
> <multi>
>  <line>sometext</line>
>  <line>sometext</line>
>  <line>sometext</line>
> </multi>
> END;
>
> so I can write multiline in a single variable ?
>
> Regards.
Almost the same syntax:
irb(main):001:0> var =<<END
irb(main):002:0"   <line>sometext</line>
irb(main):003:0"   <line>sometext</line>
irb(main):004:0"   <line>sometext</line>
irb(main):005:0" END
=> "  <line>sometext</line>\n  <line>sometext</line>\n  <line>sometext</line>\n"

Farrel