Is \n the universal newline character sequence in JavaScript for all platforms? If not, how do I determine the character for the current environment? I’m not asking about the HTML newline element (<BR/>). I’m asking about the newline character sequence used within JavaScript strings. 15 s 15 I’ve just tested a few browsers using this … Read more
I want to insert a new line (like \r\n, <br />) in a Text component in React Native. If I have: <text> <br /> Hi~<br /> this is a test message.<br /> </text> Then React Native renders Hi~ this is a test message. Is it possible render text to add a new line like so: … Read more
How do I get a platform-dependent newline in Java? I can’t use “\n” everywhere. 9 s 9 Java 7 now has a System.lineSeparator() method.
In a project where some of the files contains ^M as newline separators. Diffing these files are apparently impossible, since git-diff sees it as the entire file is just a single line. How does one diff with the previous version? Is there an option like “treat ^M as newline when diffing” ? prompt> git-diff “HEAD^” … Read more
What is the meaning of the following control characters: Carriage return Line feed Form feed 13 s 13 Carriage return means to return to the beginning of the current line without advancing downward. The name comes from a printer’s carriage, as monitors were rare when the name was coined. This is commonly escaped as \r, … Read more
I tried committing files with CRLF-ending lines, but it failed. I spent a whole work day on my Windows computer trying different strategies and was almost drawn to stop trying to use Git and instead try Mercurial. How to properly handle CRLF line endings? 9 s 9 Almost four years after asking this question, I … Read more
How can you you insert a newline from your batch file output? I want to do something like: echo hello\nworld Which would output: hello world 23 s 23 Use: echo hello echo: echo world
What’s the difference between \n (newline) and \r (carriage return)? In particular, are there any practical differences between \n and \r? Are there places where one should be used instead of the other? 1Best Answer 11 In terms of ascii code, it’s 3 — since they’re 10 and 13 respectively;-). But seriously, there are many: … Read more
Is this the cleanest way to write a list to a file, since writelines() doesn’t insert newline characters? file.writelines([“%s\n” % item for item in list]) It seems like there would be a standard way… 26 s 26 You can use a loop: with open(‘your_file.txt’, ‘w’) as f: for item in my_list: f.write(“%s\n” % item) In … Read more
Running git on a Windows XP machine, using bash. I exported my project from SVN, and then cloned a bare repository. I then pasted the export into the bare repositories directory, and did a: git add -A I then got a list of messages saying: LF will be replaced by CRLF What are the ramifications … Read more
