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new line within a string
Hi, when my applet calls the string to display the description of something, of course it prints out a long line, which is bad because the string is a paragraph long and i want it be in lines. I have played with the + /n + command but it doesnt affect it and prints out the long line still?
My string is-
String TentDesc [] = {"blah....................... blah............................... blah"}
I have tried playing with the + /n + postioning but to no avail?
Maybe because its in an applet, will i have to somehow loop it to start a line down after so many chars have been printed? Or would it be easier to just fill a text box?
Any ideas of the best or standard way this is done?
- 03-27-2008, 06:01 PM #2
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btw its a java awt applet, not swing
- 03-28-2008, 02:30 AM #3
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Did you use "" within your string literals?
- 03-28-2008, 12:50 PM #4
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Hey perplexingtrax.
Instead of using /n use this:
So your code should look something like this:Java Code:String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");
Sorted ;)Java Code:String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator"); String TentDesc[] = "blah.." + newline + "blah.." + newline + "blah.."
- 03-28-2008, 08:07 PM #5
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Thanks DonCash but that doesn't seem to affect the string when i call paint in the applet, its still a sentence. My string is something like this now-
String TentDesc [] =
{"blah....................... blah............................... blah",
"blah....................... blah............................... blah",
"blah....................... blah............................... blah",
};
its put through actionPerformed in a for loop and given the value
message =(TentDesc[j]);
i called it in paint like
g.drawString(message,900, 100);
Eranga
i think i do use them yes
- 03-30-2008, 09:16 PM #6
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i have it now going into a TextField. any idea's how to set the text wrapping in the text box? thanks
- 03-31-2008, 03:46 AM #7
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If you mean about multiple text lines on a TextFeild I don't think it is possible. You may use TextArea. There you can use multiple lines for text.
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Re: new line within a string
Do go for <HTML> tags with <BR>...But it could pose for some font change...take care of them
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Re: new line within a string
This thread doesn't even smell funny anymore; it has been dead for five years. I'm closing it.
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