A string in Swift is represented by characters wrapped with double quotation marks " ". Multiline strings are wrapped with three double quotation marks """ """. Use a backslash \ to ignore a line break in a multiline string.
// A string literal
let a = "This is a string"
// Multiline string
let multi = """
This is an example
of a multiline
string
"""
// Prints the following:
// This is an example
// of a multiline
// string
// Multiline string with indentation
let indented = """
The next line
is indented from the left.
"""
// Prints the following:
// The next line
// is indented from the left.
// Ignore line breaks in a multiline string
let ignored = """
This is the first line \
which doesn't break.
And this is the second line.
"""
// Prints the following:
// This is the first line which doesn't break.
// And this is the second line.
