Single statement across multiple lines in VB.NET without the underscore character

Question

Is there a way to have a statement across multiple lines without the underscore character?

It is really annoying in multi-line strings such as SQL statements, and es

Answer 1

You can use XML literals to sort of do this:

Dim s = 
  Create table article
  (articleID int  -- sql comment
  ,articleName varchar(50)  
  )
.Value

warning: XML text rules apply, like & for ampersand, < for <, etc.

Dim alertText = "Hello World"
Dim js = .ToString  'instead of .Value includes "