line continuation in java

[Guest_imported]

can some one tell me the syntax for line continuation charatcer to be used while defining a String variable.
I don't want to use + here for appending.The string shud just continue to the next line.

 

[pipk]

you have to use the + sign as far as I am aware. This is also the continuation symbol.

e.g.

System.out.println("this is a " +
"string"

 

[bearsite4]

It's not that hard to put a simple +