my $str = "This string is not that long
but I break it anyway becauase
Perl allows me to do so and I just want to
do it this way. But remember, there will be
newlines inserted between
lines";

##</code><code>##

my $str = "This string is not that long" .
          " but I break it anyway becauase" .
          " Perl allows me to do so and I just want to" .
          " do it this way. But remember, there will not" .
          " be newlines inserted between lines" .
          " unless I say it explicitly," .
          " like\n" .
          " this";

##</code><code>##

my $str = <<EOF;
This string is not that long
but I break it anyway becauase
Perl allows me to do so and I just want to
do it this way. But remember, there will be
newlines inserted between
lines. I can also put $some ($variables) here.
EOF