Create a new line between strings

Question

In my project, I and taking four strings from text fields and putting them together in a different text field using the setText in Java. I need them to be in four different lines, but right now there are all in a line with no spaces between them

How do I break the line between the different strings.

I tried using the \n, but I just got an error.

Here is the line of code I am using

display.setText(manu+brand+year+price);

which gives me this output

fordfocus20003500.0

I want

ford
focus
2000
3500.0

Try `%n` instead of `\n`. Perhaps take a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/207947/how-do-i-get-a-platform-dependent-new-line-character — Aidan Gomez, Oct 01 '15 at 04:24
the %n does not seem to work, it just gives an error saying create variable n. — ndpasu, Oct 01 '15 at 04:30
try to append `
`between the variables, HTML tags might be supported. — Nir Alfasi, Oct 01 '15 at 04:32
`I tried using the \n, but I just got an error. ` what error? How did you used it? Please post an [MCVE](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) — Frakcool, Oct 01 '15 at 04:40
display.setText(manu \n + brand + year + price); gives me the error "n cannot be resolved to a variable". — ndpasu, Oct 01 '15 at 04:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:48

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The \n needs to be quoted because it's not a variable, it's a character:

display.setText(manu+"\n"+brand+"\n"+year+"\n"+price);

Having said that, I'm not sure what kind of object display is, it might not support new lines? What is display?

answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:48

Matt

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:54

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Use lineseparator for this

String separator = System.lineSeparator();

display.setText(manu + separator + brand + separator + year + separator + price);

answered Oct 01 '15 at 04:54

Krishna Chandran

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Create a new line between strings

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