What is the best and most semantic way to concatenate large amounts of string/text in javascript

Asked Mar 18 '14 at 18:01

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Hi, sometimes we have to add paragraphs or large amounts of text to a javascript variable. Usually we want to break the var in various lines for better code reading and end up concatenating using:

        var x = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'+
        'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'+ 
        'cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc' +
        'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'+
        'cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc' +
        'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'+ 
        'cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc' +
        'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb'+
        'cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc' +

Is there any better method, minding code reading, to concatenate large amounts of text in javascript? Another problem is that when we use 'auto format', the text editor/ide usually put the strings all together in the same line.

asked Mar 18 '14 at 18:01

Renato Probst

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Put a bunch of strings into an array, and call `.join("")` on it. Something like `var array = ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc"];` and then `array.join("")` – Ian Mar 18 '14 at 18:02
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Perhaps store them in hidden HTML and read them in script? – Mike Christensen Mar 18 '14 at 18:02
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you can just do `x+="..";` on separate lines – CrayonViolent Mar 18 '14 at 18:03
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/805107/creating-multiline-strings-in-javascript has your answer. – Sergey Moiseev Mar 18 '14 at 18:03

What is the best and most semantic way to concatenate large amounts of string/text in javascript

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