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Why does this work
printf("Hello"
"World");
Whereas
printf("Hello
""World");
does not?
ANSI C concatenates adjacent Strings, that’s ok… but it’s a different thing.
Does this have something to do with the C language parser or something?
Thanks
The string must be terminated before the end of the line. This is a good thing. Otherwise, a forgotten close-quote could prevent subsequent lines of code from executing.
This could cost significant time to debug. These days syntax coloring would provide a clue, but in the early years there were monochrome displays.