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// strings/TextBlocks.java

// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.

// Visit http://OnJava8.com for more book information.

// {NewFeature} Since JDK 15

// Poem: Antigonish by Hughes Mearns

public class TextBlocks {

public static final String OLD =

"Yesterday, upon the stair,\n" +

"I met a man who wasn't there\n" +

"He wasn't there again today\n" +

"I wish, I wish he'd go away...\n" +

"\n" +

"When I came home last night at three\n" +

"The man was waiting there for me\n" +

"But when I looked around the hall\n" +

"I couldn't see him there at all!\n";

public static final String NEW = """

Yesterday, upon the stair,

I met a man who wasn't there

He wasn't there again today

I wish, I wish he'd go away...

When I came home last night at three

The man was waiting there for me

But when I looked around the hall

I couldn't see him there at all!

""";

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(OLD.equals(NEW));

}

/* Output:

true

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