\n is not working in concatenation code

[J.S.]

The new line (\n) code in the code below doesn't seem to work:

textBox1.Text = "<%\n" + comboBox1.SelectedItem +
"(\"" + textBox2.Text + "\")\n%>";

Instead of giving me:

<%
var1("var2")
%>

it is giving me:

<%var1("var2")%>

Is there an error in my code?

Thanks,
J.S.

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[Guest]

Hi J.S,
instead of concatenating \n in your code try using
System.Environment.NewLine
i.e.

textBox1.Text = "hello" + System.Environment.NewLine + "how are you?"

this should work for you.

Hope that helps
Mark R Dawson.

 

[J.S.]

Hi Mark,

That worked perfectly! Do you know why \n doesn't work in this context?

Thanks,
J.S.

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi J.S.

On Windows systems a newline is \r\n. Some controls and objects are forgiving and will break the line with just \n, but not all of them.

Environment.NewLine uses \r\n on windows systems, \n on other systems etc.

 

[J.S.]

Thanks for the clarification, Morten. I appreciate it.

J.S.

 

[Usenet User]

Hi Mark,

That worked perfectly! Do you know why \n doesn't work in this context?

Thanks,
J.S.

"\n" = 0x0A (new line)
Environment.NewLine = "\r\n" = 0x0D0A (carriage return + new line)

Your code with "\n" worked as well, you just couldn't see it for some
reason. How did you try to evaluate your output?

 

[J.S.]

"\n" = 0x0A (new line)
Environment.NewLine = "\r\n" = 0x0D0A (carriage return + new line)

Your code with "\n" worked as well, you just couldn't see it for some
reason. How did you try to evaluate your output?

I was displaying the output in a textbox.

Thanks,
J.S.

 

[Usenet User]

I was displaying the output in a textbox.

Thanks,
J.S.

Multiline textboxes cannot wrap lines at '\n' alone. You need '\r\n'
or just '\r'

 

[J.S.]

Multiline textboxes cannot wrap lines at '\n' alone. You need '\r\n'
or just '\r'

Thanks!