How do i create a line breaker when writing a file in Java?

Question

I'm working on a code that takes in a couple of inputs and re-write them into a .txt file of my creation but to my dismay the output file can not contain a line-breaker even with the appropriate formatting. I'm using Formatter(java.util)

public void file(Scanner s, Formatter f){
    String s1 = s.nextLine();
    if (!"end".equals(s1)){
        f.format("%s\n%s", s1, "  ");
        file(s,f);
    }
    f.close();
}

public void file(Scanner input,Formatter f,int state){
    String s1 = input.nextLine();
    int loopStop = 0;
    if (state == 1){
        file(input, f);
    } else {
        while (!"end".equals(s1) && loopStop<11){
            f.format("%s\n\n%s", s1, "  ");
            s1 = input.nextLine();
            loopStop++;
        }
        f.close();
    }
}

what OS are you doing this on? `\n` only works on Unix systems. For Windows, you'd need `\r\n` — Marc B, Jun 03 '14 at 21:21
Try `System.getProperty("line.separator")` for line separator that is OS specific. — Braj, Jun 03 '14 at 21:23
System.getProperty("line.seperator"); or use a BufferedWriter and use its newLine method — MadProgrammer, Jun 03 '14 at 21:23
@braj You need to make that an answer so I can up vote it again — MadProgrammer, Jun 03 '14 at 21:24

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 03 '14 at 21:25

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Use '%n' for the platform-specific line separator :

f.format("%s%n%n%s", s1, "  ");

answered Jun 03 '14 at 21:25

fgb

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Try with System.getProperty("line.separator")

Read it here about System Properties with complete list of System properties.

The System class maintains a Properties object that describes the configuration of the current working environment.

"line.separator" - Sequence used by operating system to separate lines in text files

Try with System.lineSeparator() as well that states:

Returns the system-dependent line separator string. It always returns the same value - the initial value of the system property line.separator.

On UNIX systems, it returns "\n"; on Microsoft Windows systems it returns "\r\n".

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 21:23

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Assuming that you're using Windows, you need to use \r\n which is the proper combination of line-break in Windows or simply use System.getProperty("line.separator"); to get the newline combination.

answered Jun 03 '14 at 21:23

Abdul Fatir

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How do i create a line breaker when writing a file in Java?

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