Best way to define a large vba string - i.e. heredoc equivalent?

Question

How should I define large strings in VBA? Is there a better way than coding something like the below?

Dim largeString as String
largeString = \"This is a lon         


        

Answer 1

Another way is to store the text in comments, then parse it in a function. No external files required, good readability.

' TEXT to retrieve:
'   SELECT
'   field1, field2
'   FROM table1

Function SQL_in_comments()
    SQL_in_comments = Replace(Replace(Application.VBE.ActiveCodePane.CodeModule.Lines(2, 3), "'   ", ""), "'", "")
End Function