Question: is there a way to define a single long string with line breaks within the string definition code? 

my string is somethign like this:

```
string sql = "SELECT 
                     a.bg_user_56 AS Project, 
                     a.bg_user_60 AS SubSystem, 
                     a.BG_USER_81 AS AssignedToUserName, 
                     a.bg_responsible AS AssignedTo,  
              FROM mytable"

```

Answer: 
Use a verbatim string literal (that begins with a `@`):

```
string sql = @"SELECT 
                     a.bg_user_56 AS Project, 
                     a.bg_user_60 AS SubSystem, 
                     a.BG_USER_81 AS AssignedToUserName, 
                     a.bg_responsible AS AssignedTo,  
              FROM mytable"

```
Use @ as

```
string s=@"Hello
           This is
           StackOverflow";

```