Why is the leading white space of the first line removed ?

[SpeedMaster]

Hello,
Why is the leading white space of the first line removed in msgbox ?
How to solve this problem ?
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks.

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Myvar=
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msgbox, %  Myvar . "`r                      How to solve this problem? Thanks."

[Xtra]

AutoTrim

[SpeedMaster]

Thanks for your answer but it still doesn't work

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AutoTrim, off
Myvar=
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           1                    Why is " AutoTrim, off  " not working ?
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msgbox, % Myvar . "`r                      How to solve this problem? Thanks."

[garry]

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Myvar:="
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msgbox,%myvar%
return

[jeeswg]

I only finally figured this out yesterday, after going through my AHK queries text file,
I was going to report it as a bug, but did some double-checking on the forums to be sure:
'why is leading whitespace in a (non-expression) continuation section removed?'
I found:
Continuation sections, left tabs in the first line - Ask for Help - AutoHotkey Community
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/1047 ... irst-line/
it was also the first time I realised you could do an expression mode continuation section (':=' style)

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vText1 =
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	1
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	3
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vText2 =
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`t1
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	3
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vText3 =
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%A_Tab%1
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	3
)

imagine the continuation section was 'unfolded' into one line

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vText1 =	1`n	2`n	3
vText2 = `t1`n	2`n	3
vText3 = %A_Tab%1`n	2`n	3

clearly in vText1 you would lose the tab, because it is a literal tab typed by the keyboard
(in non-expression mode leading/trailing literal whitespace is always removed, whether AutoTrim is off or on)
(literal: when it was typed as invisible characters you can't see rather than say `t, %A_Space%, %A_Tab%)
but in vText2 and vText3 the leading tab is kept

if you did

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AutoTrim, On
vText2 = %vText2%
vText3 = %vText3%

then vText2 and vText3 would now lose the leading tab