new line within a string

[perplexingtrax]

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?

[perplexingtrax]

btw its a java awt applet, not swing

[Eranga]

Did you use "" within your string literals?

[DonCash]

Hey perplexingtrax.

Instead of using /n use this:

Code:

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");

So your code should look something like this:

Code:

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");

String TentDesc[] = "blah.." + newline + "blah.." + newline + "blah.."

Sorted

[perplexingtrax]

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

[perplexingtrax]

i have it now going into a TextField. any idea's how to set the text wrapping in the text box? thanks

[Eranga]

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.