a simple question...about newlines in txt files

[autoplmst6]

Hi all:

I have a little doubt, when i use the TextFile.WriteFromString action how i get includes new lines Is possible the use of the \r \n characters for separating lines frenquently used for dialogs message? How i do that?
Thanks in advance

Example:
line one
line two
line three
....

Autoplmst6

[Protocol]

Yup, dialog messages work in the same way.

Instead of "your message here" which would result in:

your message here

You can type "your\r\nmessage\r\nhere" which would result in:

your
message
here

If you want the quotes, type ' before and after the quotes so typing '"your message here"' would result in:

"your message here"

You can even mix and match by typing 'your "message here"' which would result in a dialog message of:

your "message here"

Have fun!

[autoplmst6]

Thanks for reply:
I think I explained bad what I was telling is how to write in txt adding newlines ...Sorry for the mistake

[Protocol]

Ahhhh...still not totally clear, but yes, \r\n works in the TextFile.WriteFromString action. To do so you'd simply place the \r\n inside direct text quotes such as:

"The cow jumped over\r\nthe moon"

Which would result in:

The cow jumped over
the moon

Or if you're dealing with variable string data, then you would simply join the variable name to the \r\n command within quotes so that:

MyVariable1 = "The cow jumped over"
MyVariable2 = "the moon"
MyString = (MyVariable1.."\r\n"..MyVariable2);
TextFile.WriteFromString (_DesktopFolder.."\\MyTextFile.txt", MyString, false);

But if you're starting from scratch (creating a new text document from a blank or preformatted template), I'd recommend the TextFile.WriteFromTable action and create a more specific and easily editable line of code that would create the same effect such as:

MyStringData = "Line Five";
MyTable = {"Line 1", "Line 2", "", "Line 3", "Some other text", "Line 4", MyStringData};
TextFile.WriteFromTable (_DesktopFolder.."\\MyTextFile.txt", MyTable, false);

This would result in a text file on your desktop called "MyTextFile.txt" with the following lines:

Line 1
Line 2

Line 3
Some other text
Line 4
Line Five

Pretty simple, yet powerful schtuff! Tables are much easier to work with when dealing with data in "virtual grids" and can be swapped back and forth with strings just as easily.I hope this helps...

Protocol

[yosik]

You can also use the double bracket method:
[[
any text you have
written in a specific format
will appear as such
]]

Good luck
Yossi

[autoplmst6]

Ok, thanks for your kind help to both protocol and yossi

[CyberRBT]

@ yosik:

Well ... i never knew about the [[ ]] trick. Just tried it. Cool.

Thanks