While developing GUI with Java FX, I seem to get different results with System.getProperty("line.separator"); and "\n" during writing to a file or getting data from internet. What basically is the difference?
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1There are several strongly related questions. I'm not sure whether one perfectly qualifies as a duplicate, but at least, your question is basically answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/33505978/3182664 – Marco13 Apr 22 '16 at 14:16
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System.getProperty("line.separator") returns the OS dependent line separator.
On Windows it returns "\r\n", on Unix "\n". So if you want to generate a file with line endings for the current operating systems use System.getProperty("line.separator") or write using a PrintWriter.
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@TilakMadichetti depends on the use case. If you want line breaks for your current OS use the first form. What do you want to write? – wero Apr 22 '16 at 14:17
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I want to write huge list of words into a file and one line gap b/w each word. – Tilak Madichetti Apr 22 '16 at 14:19
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@TilakMadichetti if you generate the linebreak with `\n` and open the file on windows in a bad editor (say notepad), the linebreaks will not be displayed. But again good editors will be able to handle unix and windows linebreaks... – wero Apr 22 '16 at 14:24
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on the Windows platform, System.getProperty("line.separator") is "\r\n", "\n" (Linux and MacOS X), "\r" (MacOS 9 and older)
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System.getProperty("line.separator") is platform dependent:
- "\n" on UNIX style machines
- "\r\n" on Windows machines
Whereas "\n" is only "\n".
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«\n» is the line separator for most operating systems such as Linux/Unix. To ensure the compatibility with any operating system, query this value with System.getproperty
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