Standard JSON does not natively support multi-line strings. In JSON, all string values must be on a single line and enclosed in double quotes. To represent multi-line text in JSON, you typically use the escape character to represent newlines.
For example, if we want to represent the following multi-line string:
FirstSecond line Third line``` In JSON, you would write: ```json { "multiLineString": "First line\nSecond line\nThird line" }
When this JSON is parsed, the parser will recognize the escape sequence and handle the string as multi-line when used.
However, it's worth noting that in some programming environments, you might leverage the language's native multi-line string support before constructing the JSON string. Then, when embedding this multi-line string into the JSON structure, your code will convert it to a single line by inserting to represent line breaks.
Here is an example in JavaScript handling multi-line strings and converting them to JSON-compatible format:
javascriptlet text = `First line Second line Third line`; let json = JSON.stringify({ multiLineString: text }); console.log(json); // Output: {"multiLineString":"First line\nSecond line\nThird line"}