Command line too long

Question

How does one break up a long command line so that it shows on multiple lines.

myString =

"Name....................Hydrogen"& vbNewLine & "Symbol..................H"& vbNewLine & "Atomic Number...........1"& vbNewLine & "Atomic Weight...........1.00794"& vbNewLine & "Molecular Weitght..H2...2.016"& vbNewLine & "Melting Point...........-259.34 C"& vbNewLine & "Boiling Point...........-252.87 C"& vbNewLine & "Density.................0.082 g/l"& vbNewLine & "Specific Gravity........70.8 (liquid, -253 C)"& vbNewLine & "Specific Gravity........70.6 (Solid,  -262 C)"& vbNewLine & "Oxidation State.........+/- 1"& vbNewLine & "Electron Configuration 1s1"& vbNewLine & "Electronegativity...of H.. 2.20"& vbNewLine & "Electron affinity...of H.. 0.754593"& vbNewLine & "Electron affinity...of D.. 0.754195"& vbNewLine & "Electron affinity...of T.. 0.754090"

Answer 1

You can use the " _" for line continuation:

 myString = "abc " _
    & "def" _
    & "ghi"

Or you can use a Stringbuilder:

  dim sb as new System.Text.Stringbuilder()

  sb.appendline("abc")
  sb.appendline("def")
  sb.appendline("ghi")

  myString = sb.ToString()

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Armin

Answer 2

Thank you.