How could I save this text in a variable in C#?

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I want to save very large text in a variable (SPACE INVADERS), How can I save that type of text in a variable? . I'm learning c # I need help please.

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namespace SpaceInvaders2017
{
    class Program
    {
        struct AtribEnemigos {
            public string simbolo;
            public ConsoleColor color;
            public bool visible;
            public int posColInicial;
            public int posFilaInicial;
            public float x, y;

        }
        static int nombre;
        static AtribEnemigos Texto;
        public static void MenuJuego(){     
            Console.Clear();
            MoverNombreJuego();
        }
        public static void MoverNombreJuego()
        {
            Texto.color = ConsoleColor.DarkRed;
            Texto.posColInicial = 0;
            Texto.posFilaInicial = 0;
            Texto.x = Texto.posColInicial;
            Texto.y = Texto.posFilaInicial;
 //Error here------------------------
            Texto.simbolo = { "▄▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▄ ▄▀▀ █▀▀ . ▀█▀ █▄░█ █░░░█ ▄▀▄ █▀▄ █▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▀ ",
                              "░▀▄ █▀░ █▄█ █░░ █▀▀ . ░█░ █▀██ ░█░█░ █▄█ █░█  █▀▀ █▀▄ ░▀▄ ",
                              "▀▀░ ▀░░ ▀░▀ ░▀▀ ▀▀▀ . ▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ░░▀░░ ▀░▀ ▀▀░ ▀▀▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀░"};
        }

        public static void PausaFotograma()
        {
            Thread.Sleep(40);
        }
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            MenuJuego();
            //Console.ReadKey();
            PausaFotograma();
        }
    }
}

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you mean multi-line text? put an @ before the string double quote opening — huseyin tugrul buyukisik, Mar 18 '17 at 23:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '17 at 23:33

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You can use the project resources in order to store texts.

Right click the project in the Solution Explorer and click "Properties".
Select the tab "Resources".
In the strings section enter a name for the resource and a value. (Increase the row height and column width for large texts).
Close the project properties.

Now you can write:

Texto.simbolo = Properties.Resources.SpaceInvadersTitle;

You will see that Visual Studio lists SpaceInvadersTitle in intellisense.

answered Mar 18 '17 at 23:33

Olivier Jacot-Descombes

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Very interesting, do you have to specify the project name -`myProjectName.Properties.Resources.SpaceInvadersTitle`, or you can use it without. I was reading [this](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7k989cfy(v=vs.90).aspx) – Stanley S Mar 18 '17 at 23:41
Great, works well and keeps the code cleaner. Thank you. – Iván Mar 18 '17 at 23:54
@StanleyS: The `Properties` word is part of the namespace. If you are already in the `myProjectName`, you can drop it. You could also add a `using myProjectName.Properties;` instead and then simply write `Resources.SpaceInvadersTitle`, where `Resources` is a class with static properties for all the resources. – Olivier Jacot-Descombes Mar 19 '17 at 00:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 18 '17 at 23:18

You can use @ for multi-line string:

        Texto.simbolo = 
            @"▄▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▄ ▄▀▀ █▀▀ . ▀█▀ █▄░█ █░░░█ ▄▀▄ █▀▄ █▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▀ 
░▀▄ █▀░ █▄█ █░░ █▀▀ . ░█░ █▀██ ░█░█░ █▄█ █░█  █▀▀ █▀▄ ░▀▄ 
▀▀░ ▀░░ ▀░▀ ░▀▀ ▀▀▀ . ▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ░░▀░░ ▀░▀ ▀▀░ ▀▀▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀░";

or join strings with + operator and add new lines explicitly:

Texto.simbolo =
    "▄▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▄ ▄▀▀ █▀▀ . ▀█▀ █▄░█ █░░░█ ▄▀▄ █▀▄ █▀▀ █▀▄ ▄▀▀ " + Environment.NewLine +
    "░▀▄ █▀░ █▄█ █░░ █▀▀ . ░█░ █▀██ ░█░█░ █▄█ █░█  █▀▀ █▀▄ ░▀▄ " + Environment.NewLine +
    "▀▀░ ▀░░ ▀░▀ ░▀▀ ▀▀▀ . ▀▀▀ ▀░░▀ ░░▀░░ ▀░▀ ▀▀░ ▀▀▀ ▀░▀ ▀▀░";

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How could I save this text in a variable in C#?

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