Smart Strings

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jason Zaugg

String Literals just got a little smarter!

You can now convert a normal strings to multiline (with triple quotes) string. Notice how the special characters are escaped. (SCL-2991)

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And back again:

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Similarly, when you paste some text into a normal string (for example: C:\path\file.txt), the appropriate escaping is added. (SCL-3144)

Finally, you can now autocomplete, navigate, and rename-refactor references to classpath resources in string literals. (SCL-3138)

These features require a nightly build of the plugin, with the latest EAP build of IDEA 10.5.

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