# Didn't know.. can text break inside the quotes with (no quotes needed around /n)

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**Created:** [April 30, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/didnt-know-can-text-break-inside-the-quotes-with-no-quotes-needed-around-n/1173 "2024-04-30T17:33:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![itoldusoandso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@itoldusoandso](https://air.tableforums.com/u/itoldusoandso)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/didnt-know-can-text-break-inside-the-quotes-with-no-quotes-needed-around-n/1173/1 "2024-04-30T17:33:47Z")

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Pretty quiet in this forum. Is this board going to survive? I put lots of notes here so I better make a copy in case this is going shut down.

I don’t know if it’s just me but I didn’t know I can put \n inside the text within quotes.

I don’t think it was initially possible as this page here still shows each line of text must be separated by quotes followed by \n in quotes.

I just noticed I can “write this text like this and put here /nseparator and the word separator will be on the next line”.

So I don’t need to “write this text like this and put here”&“/n”&“separator to get the word separator on the next line”.

> **[Adding Line Breaks In Airtable | Airtable Support](https://support.airtable.com/docs/using-the-n-formula-to-add-line-breaks-in-airtable)**
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> When working with formulas, especially when combining several fields of information, it is often helpful to program in line breaks and other formatting features to better display a formula's result. You can add in-line breaks as needed by using "\\n"...

So just mention in in case anybody noticed.

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**Author:** ![Kuovonne](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/air.tableforums.com/kuovonne/32/17_2.png) [@Kuovonne](https://air.tableforums.com/u/Kuovonne)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://air.tableforums.com/t/didnt-know-can-text-break-inside-the-quotes-with-no-quotes-needed-around-n/1173/2 "2024-05-01T16:21:26Z")

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> [@itoldusoandso](#):
>
> I don’t think it was initially possible as this page here still shows each line of text must be separated by quotes followed by **`\n`** in quotes.
> 
> I just noticed I can “write this text like this and put here **`/n`** separator and the word separator will be on the next line”.
> 
> So I don’t need to “write this text like this and put here”&“ **`/n`** ”&“separator to get the word separator on the next line”.

For others who may stumble on this post, I added bolding to show that your slash/backslash is pointed in the wrong direction the last two times. `\n` is correct.

Also, you don’t explicitly state that you are talking about formula fields, so I’ll drop that word in this post for better searchability.

Finally, I personally think that the formula on this support page (and formulas on other support pages) as not written by someone who has thought about writing style for code. I would re-write that particular formula like this:

```auto
CONCATENATE(
  "Job Title: " & {Role} & "\n",
  "Department: " & {Department} & "\n",
  "Number of years experience required: " & {Experience Required}
& "\n",
  "\n",
  "Job Description: " & "\n",
  {Description}
)

```

When I have to write a formula that will produce paragraphs of text, I use this style. I find it easier to read and maintain when the line breaks occur at the ends of lines of code.

```auto
CONCATENATE(
  "write this text like this and put here \n",
  "separator and the word separator will be on the next line"

```

But there are many different ways to do things in code, and different reasons for each approach. I probably think about coding style for Airtable formulas more than most people. Use what works for you (and your future self)!