Reading in text from a data file. How can I get line breaks to work? I've tried \n, but it just puts "\n" into the string instead of creating a new line.
EDIT: The text is coming from a web service, which does not have true line breaks in the text.
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1Please, post a sample of this in code. – Jeffery Thomas Sep 07 '12 at 15:26
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1Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1975494/adding-a-newline-to-a-uitextview – woz Sep 07 '12 at 15:30
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And if you are in Interface Builder: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/860940/how-to-get-uitextview-to-respect-newlines-in-interface-builder – woz Sep 07 '12 at 15:31
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does your data include HTML tags ? – Mc.Lover Sep 07 '12 at 15:41
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No HTML tags. I just want to create a new line in the UITextView if I encounter a new line character in the text. Such as "this is my \n test text". – soleil Sep 07 '12 at 15:45
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I do not understand your problem, doing it this way I get this result:
script to create the test file:
#!/bin/sh
(cat <<- EOF
i am
a
test file
EOF
) > /tmp/test.txt
objective c code:
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:@"/tmp/test.txt" encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:nil];
NSLog(@"%@", str);
my output:
i am
a
test file
I hope you can be useful.
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that would work in a basic text file, but the text is coming from a web service. I have edited my question to reflect this. – soleil Sep 08 '12 at 20:21
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Going to accept this answer. The web service has a limitation of not allowing line breaks, so in this case there is no solution. – soleil Sep 14 '12 at 02:36