Newline character '\n'

[Maziar Aflatoun]

Hi everyone,

I'm using C# to generate an ics file that gets stored in the database. I
need to add a newline character (\n) to my text file but no matter what I do
it doesn't appear as \n. I have tried \r\n too.

Ex. This is what I need as the end result
This is a \n test

But this is what I'm getting
This is a test

I need to have the \n shown in my text file.

Thank you
Maz.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Are you sure? Are you looking directly at the text, or viewing it in a
browser, which doesn't render text line feeds, but only HTML breaks?

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[Martin Dechev]

How are you checking the content of the textfile? If you are reading it in
the browser it will not show the linebreaks unless it is in a <pre> element.
To see a linebreak in html you need <br>.

Appart from this, it is recommended to use Environment.NewLine instead of \n
or \r\n.

Hope this helps
Martin

 

[Matt Hawley]

So you don't need the newline to actually appear, just the character representation of it, correct? If so, use \\n instead of just \n

Matt Hawley, MCAD .NET
http://www.eworldui.net

Hi everyone,

I'm using C# to generate an ics file that gets stored in the database. I
need to add a newline character (\n) to my text file but no matter what I do
it doesn't appear as \n. I have tried \r\n too.

Ex. This is what I need as the end result
This is a \n test

But this is what I'm getting
This is a test

I need to have the \n shown in my text file.

Thank you
Maz.



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