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IntellijIDEA lets you insert a gap with concatenation intention. To do that, in your editor enter a string and press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

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Select Insert gap with concatenation ("+ +") and press

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

Now you can insert a value into your string. You can evaluate the result in the Scala Console window.

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For the Scala version 2.10 and later you have the ability to convert a string concatenation into the interpolated string.
To do that, select a value with concatenation in your string and press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

You can also choose an option Convert to formatted string and get your basic Java formatted string.

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You can convert your string into a multi-line string. Simply enter your string, press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

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You also can convert the multi-line string into the regular string.
Press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

View the result.

To start entering a multi-line string, simply type triple quotes in your editor.

If you press

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

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The .replace("\r"," ") intention lets you keep the caret in the correct place on the next line in the multi-line strings regardless of what operating system you have at the moment.
Enter a multi-line string, press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

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You can inject language or a reference into your multi-line string literals.
Enter a multi-line string, press

{span:class=shortcut}Alt{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

The list of available languages opens. Choose the appropriate one and press

{span:class=shortcut}Enter{span}

To cancel the language injection, simply choose the Un-Inject Language/Reference intention.

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You can set a different format for multi-line strings' options such as Margin char indent or Margin Char. You can also disable a multi-line strings support.
To open the Multi-line strings settings, in the main menu select

{span:class=shortcut}File{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Setting{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Project Settings{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Code Style{span}

{span:class=shortcut}Scala{span}