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Re: String composition [message #38127]

Mon, 23 February 2004 06:21

Norbert Hahn
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Registered: May 2003

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Edd Edmondson <eddedmondson@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Antonio Santiago <d6522117@est.fib.upc.es> wrote:
>> Hi, sorry about this poor question, but is my first problem with IDL.
>
>> How can i mount a string with a return carriadge. That is like C:
>
>> string = 'hello \n'+ 'bye'
>
>> How can i put the '\n' character?
>
> STRING(10B) (10 being the ascii code for a new line)
>
> eg, mystring='hello'+STRING(10B)+'bye'

That's ok for Unix like operating systems. MS Windows requires

mystring='hello'+STRING([13B,10B])+'bye'

while the Macintosh needs mystring='hello'+STRING(13B)+'bye'
if I'm not mistaken.

You may use the variable !version.os to find out which OS your
program runs on.

Norbert

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