How to format a multiline string literal

Question

I am trying to break a string literal into multiple lines to meet my linter's expectations of short lines. Following is the code right now, it passes the linter check:

return nil,
    "",
    errors.Errorf(
            `nil cursor returned when querying for transactions for block hash %s, 
page token %s and limit %d`,
            blockHash,
            pageToken,
            limit,
    )

I don't like the formatting of the string literal. It feels aesthetically wrong ;). Is there a better way to format this? Thanks!

Aside from the opinionated nature of the question, this is a duplicate of: https://stackoverflow.com/q/7933460/13860 — Flimzy, Aug 24 '21 at 07:43
Does this answer your question? [How do you write multiline strings in Go?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7933460/how-do-you-write-multiline-strings-in-go) — blackgreen, Aug 24 '21 at 08:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '21 at 01:44

Use string concatenation to construct the string from shorter lines:

errors.Errorf(
        `nil cursor returned when querying for transactions` +
        ` for block hash %s, page token %s and limit %d`,
        blockHash,
        pageToken,
        limit,
 )

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '21 at 01:44

1

You can use string addition:

errors.Errorf(`nil cursor returned when querying for `+
`transactions for block hash %s, page token %s and limit %d`,
            blockHash,
            pageToken,
            limit,
    )

answered Aug 24 '21 at 01:44

Burak Serdar

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