How do I get a platform-dependent new line character

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How do I get a platform-dependent newline in Java  I can   t use   n  everywhere

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Java 7 now has a System lineSeparator   method

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You can use  System getProperty  line separator      to get the line separator

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This is also possible  String format   n     Or String format   n   intern   to save some bytes

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Avoid appending strings using String   String etc  use StringBuilder instead   String separator   System getProperty   line separator     StringBuilder lines   new StringBuilder  line1    lines append  separator    lines append  line2    lines append  separator    String result   lines toString

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If you re trying to write a newline to a file  you could simply use BufferedWriter s newLine   method

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If you are writing to a file  using a BufferedWriter instance  use the newLine   method  of that instance   It provides a platform-independent way to write  the new line in a file

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You can use  System getProperty  line separator      to get the line separator

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This is also possible  String format   n     Or String format   n   intern   to save some bytes

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In addition to the line separator property  if you are using java 1 5 or later and the String format  or other formatting methods  you can use  n as in  Calendar c        String s   String format  Duke s Birthday   1 tm  1 te  1 tY n   c      Note   n  at end of line                                      String s2   String format  Use   n as a platform independent newline  n                   becomes                                                       and   n  becomes newline        See the Java 1 8 API for Formatter for more details

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StringBuilder newLine new StringBuilder    newLine append  abc    newline append System getProperty  line separator     newline append  def    String output newline toString      The above snippet will have two strings separated by a new line irrespective of platforms

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The commons-lang library has a constant field available called SystemUtils LINE SEPARATOR

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In addition to the line separator property  if you are using java 1 5 or later and the String format  or other formatting methods  you can use  n as in  Calendar c        String s   String format  Duke s Birthday   1 tm  1 te  1 tY n   c      Note   n  at end of line                                      String s2   String format  Use   n as a platform independent newline  n                   becomes                                                       and   n  becomes newline        See the Java 1 8 API for Formatter for more details

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You can use  System getProperty  line separator      to get the line separator

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Avoid appending strings using String   String etc  use StringBuilder instead   String separator   System getProperty   line separator     StringBuilder lines   new StringBuilder  line1    lines append  separator    lines append  line2    lines append  separator    String result   lines toString

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If you are writing to a file  using a BufferedWriter instance  use the newLine   method  of that instance   It provides a platform-independent way to write  the new line in a file

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If you re trying to write a newline to a file  you could simply use BufferedWriter s newLine   method

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Java 7 now has a System lineSeparator   method

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The commons-lang library has a constant field available called SystemUtils LINE SEPARATOR

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In addition to the line separator property  if you are using java 1 5 or later and the String format  or other formatting methods  you can use  n as in  Calendar c        String s   String format  Duke s Birthday   1 tm  1 te  1 tY n   c      Note   n  at end of line                                      String s2   String format  Use   n as a platform independent newline  n                   becomes                                                       and   n  becomes newline        See the Java 1 8 API for Formatter for more details

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You can use  System getProperty  line separator      to get the line separator

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If you re trying to write a newline to a file  you could simply use BufferedWriter s newLine   method

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In addition to the line separator property  if you are using java 1 5 or later and the String format  or other formatting methods  you can use  n as in  Calendar c        String s   String format  Duke s Birthday   1 tm  1 te  1 tY n   c      Note   n  at end of line                                      String s2   String format  Use   n as a platform independent newline  n                   becomes                                                       and   n  becomes newline        See the Java 1 8 API for Formatter for more details

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If you re trying to write a newline to a file  you could simply use BufferedWriter s newLine   method

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StringBuilder newLine new StringBuilder    newLine append  abc    newline append System getProperty  line separator     newline append  def    String output newline toString      The above snippet will have two strings separated by a new line irrespective of platforms

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