Multiple line strings in script without affecting the actual string

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#1

Hi, I’m trying to make a modulescript for info on characters. So far it’s been working fine, but I found that when you print a string, it looks like this:
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In code:
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How would I define strings in a way that can have multiple lines (for readability) that wouldn’t affect the string itself? (Ex. printing out like this:)
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#2

you could remove every \n from the string. this would bring them in line again.

local str = [[
Multi
Line
String
]]

local singleLine = string.gsub(str, "\n", "")
print(singleLine)  -- Output: MultiLineString
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#3

Some strings have their own line breaks though, so I can’t remove \n entirely.

#4

what about using a custom character that behaves as your \n like this.
This would make every _ be a new line. you could swap it out to some symbol or a chinese character you will never use in your string so that it doesn’t interfere with the text.

local customLineSplitter = "_"

local str = [[
Multi_
Line_
Hello
World
]]

local singleLine = string.gsub(str, "\n", "")

local customNewLine = string.gsub(singleLine, customLineSplitter, "\n")
print(customNewLine)
--[[
Multi
Line
HelloWorld
]]
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#5

That should work fine. Thanks!