\n equivalent?

> Hi -
>
> What Character or String is equal to \n in C or Python?  Thanks
>
>
> Paul
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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Paul DeBruicker <[hidden email]
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>     Hi -
>
>     What Character or String is equal to \n in C or Python?  Thanks
>
>
>
> I remember wondering about this when I was first learning Smalltalk too.
>
> You do stuff like:
>
> s := WriteStream on: (String new: 100).
> s nextPutAll: 'Hello World'. "Write a string"
> s nextPut: $!.             "Write a single character"
> s cr.             "Write a newline character"
>
> It's a bit wordy, but I think streams deserve a lot more credit than
> programmers give them.
>
> If you're doing String concatenation:
>
> myString := 'Hello, World!', String cr.
>
> Alternatively, this is also valid code:
>
> myString := 'This
> is
> a
> multi-line
> String!
> '.
>

> Michael van der Gulik wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Paul DeBruicker <[hidden email]
>> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi -
>>
>>    What Character or String is equal to \n in C or Python?  Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> I remember wondering about this when I was first learning Smalltalk too.
>>
>> You do stuff like:
>>
>> s := WriteStream on: (String new: 100).
>> s nextPutAll: 'Hello World'. "Write a string"
>> s nextPut: $!.             "Write a single character"
>> s cr.             "Write a newline character"
>>
>> It's a bit wordy, but I think streams deserve a lot more credit than
>> programmers give them.
>>
>> If you're doing String concatenation:
>>
>> myString := 'Hello, World!', String cr.
>>
>> Alternatively, this is also valid code:
>>
>> myString := 'This
>> is
>> a
>> multi-line
>> String!
>> '.
>>
> Great summary.  I'll add:
>
> 'this\is\a\string' withCRs
>
> which produces
> this
> is
> a
> string
>
> If you look at the source code for withCRs you can probably see how easy it
> would be to write something more to your liking.
>
> David
>
>
> David
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> So
> 'Character cr asciiValue' is 13
> 'Character lf asciiValue' is 10
>
> and ascii value of the \n character in Python is
>
>>>> ord('\n')
> 10
>
>
> So I want to use 'String lf' inplace of a \n in Python during string
> concatenation.

> On 02.08.2009, at 23:20, Paul DeBruicker wrote:
>
>> So
>> 'Character cr asciiValue' is 13
>> 'Character lf asciiValue' is 10
>>
>> and ascii value of the \n character in Python is
>>
>>>>> ord('\n')
>> 10
>>
>>
>> So I want to use 'String lf' inplace of a \n in Python during string
>> concatenation.
>
>
> #lf is rarely used in Squeak code. Typically we use #cr. E.g., if  
> you want a line break while writing to the Transcript you would send  
> #cr. Same if you want a line break in a text file. Rather than  
> switching between #cr, #lf, and #crlf depending on the platform  
> being a Mac, Unix, or Windows, we only use #cr and rather set the  
> stream to the right line end conversion method.
>
> - Bert -
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