Multiline strings are not send to console in one block

[ThomasSoeiro]

Describe the bug

Multiline strings are not send to console in one block.

To Reproduce

x <- "foo
bar"

y <- "
foo
"

z <- '
bar
'

Can you fix this issue by yourself? (We appreciate the help)

No

Expected behavior

Multiline strings should be sent to console in one block.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• VSCode Version: VSCodium 1.106.37943
• R Version: 4.4.0
• vscode-R version: 2.8.6

[ThomasSoeiro]

I confirm the issue also exists with lastest upstream VSCode:

Version: 1.107.0 Commit: 618725e67565b290ba4da6fe2d29f8fa1d4e3622 Date: 2025-12-10T07:43:47.883Z Electron: 39.2.3 ElectronBuildId: 12895514 Chromium: 142.0.7444.175 Node.js: 22.21.1 V8: 14.2.231.21-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631

[ThomasSoeiro]

Possibly related to https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/issues/173

[Fred-Wu]

You could wrap it using R's raw string literal r"(text)"

x <- r"(foo bar)"

z <- r"(
bar
)"

[ThomasSoeiro]

Thanks.

However, that really seems like a bug to me. We shouldn't need a workaround to send multiline strings to the console. This is not needed e.g. in RStudio or Positron.

BTW, another simpler workaround is enclosing the string in braces.