| ## now lets try some string concatenation |
| |
| #set($stringy = "This is a very long string" |
| + " that we are breaking up into multiple" |
| + " lines for testing." |
| ) |
| $stringy |
| |
| #set($stringy = "This is a string. The number 2 = " + 2) |
| $stringy |
| |
| #set($three = 3) |
| #set($stringy = "This is a string." |
| + " The value = " |
| + $three |
| ) |
| $stringy |
| |
| #set($haiku = |
| " |
| New language feature |
| allows newlines in the strings |
| might make some happy" |
| ) |
| $haiku |
| |
| #set($shape = |
| " |
| V V EEEEE L OOOOO CCCCC I TTTTT Y Y |
| V V E L O O C I T Y Y |
| V V EEE L O O C I T Y |
| VV E L O O C I T Y |
| V EEEEE LLLL OOOOO CCCCC I T Y |
| " |
| ) |
| $shape |
| |
| #set($shape = |
| ' |
| RRRRR OOOOO CCCCC K K SSSSS |
| R R O O C K K S |
| RRRR O O C KK SSSS |
| R R O O C K K S |
| R R O O C K K S |
| R R OOOOO CCCCC K K SSSS |
| ' |
| ) |
| $shape |
| |
