Ruby: Can I write multi-line string with no concatenation?

Question

Is there a way to make this look a little better?

conn.exec \'select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 \' +
          \'from table1, table2, ta         


        

Answer 1

To avoid closing the parentheses for each line you can simply use double quotes with a backslash to escape the newline:

"select attr1, attr2, attr3, attr4, attr5, attr6, attr7 \
from table1, table2, table3, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, \
where etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc"