OnJava8-Examples/strings/TextBlocks.java
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// strings/TextBlocks.java
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// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.
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// {NewFeature} Since JDK 15
// Poem: Antigonish by Hughes Mearns
public class TextBlocks {
public static final String OLD =
"Yesterday, upon the stair,\n" +
"I met a man who wasn't there\n" +
"He wasn't there again today\n" +
"I wish, I wish he'd go away...\n" +
"\n" +
"When I came home last night at three\n" +
"The man was waiting there for me\n" +
"But when I looked around the hall\n" +
"I couldn't see him there at all!\n";
public static final String NEW = """
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...
When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn't see him there at all!
""";
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(OLD.equals(NEW));
}
}
/* Output:
true
*/