this is a simple string

You can also have embedded newlines in
strings this way as it is
okay to do

Arnold once said: "I'll be back"

You deleted C:\*.*?

You deleted C:\*.*?

This will not expand: \n a newline

Variables do not $expand $either

 OUTPUT: |Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.|

 OUTPUT: |Example of the string Example of string
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.|

 OUTPUT: |Example of the string 
spanning multiple lines
using heredoc syntax.|

 OUTPUT: |Example of string spanning multiple lines
using nowdoc syntax. Backslashes are always treated literally,
e.g. \\ and \'.|