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bigfootnj

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Posted - 06/30/2004 :  12:34:11 PM  Show Profile  Edit Topic  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Topic
Is there any escape sequence for a new line character? I have a String variable that I want to put in a label but I don't want it to fill one enormous line. The next best thing would be to limit the label width. I appreciate any ideas.

Mike Buess

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Posted - 06/30/2004 :  2:01:21 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
Use an explicit line return in your script...

%L=line 1
line 2;
label -s %L;

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greg

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Posted - 07/18/2004 :  11:59:23 PM  Show Profile  Edit Reply  Reply with Quote  View user's IP address  Delete Reply
The -sa switch of the label command is required to allow proper interpretation of the standard carriage return and line feed escape sequences : \r \n

As in :

label -sa -n MyLabel One\r\nTwo\r\nThree;

If the text for your label is stored in a string variable, then there is an additional switch to force the additional layer of substitution :

%A = One\r\nTwo\r\nThree;
label -s -sa -n MyOtherLabel %A;
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