How to output EOL/Carriage return to file?

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Shifty Geezer

(Posted 2005) [#1]

Any way I can write a Carriage return to a file so that strings etc. can be on separate lines? That is to make this code

WriteString(file,"line 1")
WriteString(file,"line 2")

...output this...

line 1
line 2

...instead of this...

line 1 line 2

Ross C

(Posted 2005) [#2]

Chr$(13) i believe should do that :o)

You could use the writeline() command. Each line it writes, it puts a return after it anyway.

Shifty Geezer

(Posted 2005) [#3]

Thanks!

WolRon

(Posted 2005) [#4]

In some instances, you may have to output Chr$(10) and Chr$(13).

TomToad

(Posted 2005) [#5]

If I'm not mistaken, WriteString also outputs a string length before the string, so you might get something like:

7*bxLine 1
g~#PLine 2

in the .txt file, depending on the length of the string. Using WriteLine will avoid that as well as write a proper EOL.