gistfile1.rb

str1 = "this is a pretty \
   cool way of going about \
 makeing really long
\
     and  neat strings \
yo"

str2 =<<-END
 And this way you
    dont' need a slash
  at the end of
         the line
END

str3 = "but if you use " +
  " plus instead, you need to make sure" +
  "you put the whitespace in\n"

str4 = "this is a pretty
   cool way of going about
 makeing really long

     and  neat strings
yo"


str5 = "but if you use " \
  " plus instead, you need to make sure" \
  "you put the whitespace in\n"

puts str1, ""
puts str2, ""
puts str3, ""
puts str4, ""
puts str5, ""

gistfile2.txt

this is a pretty    cool way of going about  makeing really long
     and  neat strings
yo

 And this way you
    dont' need a slash
  at the end of
         the line

but if you use  plus instead, you need to make sureyou put the whitespace in

this is a pretty
   cool way of going about
 makeing really long

     and  neat strings
yo

but if you use  plus instead, you need to make sureyou put the whitespace in