## now lets try some string concatenation

#set($stringy = "This is a very long string"
 + " that we are breaking up into multiple"
 + " lines for testing."
)
$stringy

#set($stringy = "This is a string. The number 2 = " + 2)
$stringy

#set($three = 3)
#set($stringy = "This is a string."
+ " The value = " 
+ $three
)
$stringy

#set($haiku =
"
  New language feature
allows newlines in the strings
  might make some happy"
)
$haiku

#set($shape = 
"
V    V  EEEEE  L    OOOOO  CCCCC  I TTTTT Y   Y
 V  V   E      L    O   O  C      I   T    Y Y
 V  V   EEE    L    O   O  C      I   T     Y
  VV    E      L    O   O  C      I   T     Y
  V     EEEEE  LLLL OOOOO  CCCCC  I   T     Y
"
)
$shape

#set($shape =
'
RRRRR  OOOOO  CCCCC  K   K   SSSSS
R    R O   O  C      K  K   S
RRRR   O   O  C      KK      SSSS
R R    O   O  C      K K         S
R  R   O   O  C      K  K        S
R   R  OOOOO  CCCCC  K   K   SSSS
'
)
$shape

