When do I use PHP_EOL instead of \n and vice-versa ? Ajax/Jquery client problem

The constant PHP_EOL should generally be used for platform-specific output. Mostly for file output really. Actually the file functions already transform \n ←→ \r\n on Windows systems unless used in fopen(…, “wb”) binary mode. For file input you should prefer \n however. While most network protocols (HTTP) are supposed to use \r\n, that’s not guaranteed. … Read more

adding line break

The correct answer is to use Environment.NewLine, as you’ve noted. It is environment specific and provides clarity over “\r\n” (but in reality makes no difference). foreach (var item in FirmNameList) { if (FirmNames != “”) { FirmNames += “, ” + Environment.NewLine; } FirmNames += item; }

How to detect line breaks in a text area input?

You can use match on the string containing the line breaks, and the number of elements in that array should correspond to the number of line breaks. enteredText = textareaVariableName.val(); numberOfLineBreaks = (enteredText.match(/\n/g)||[]).length; characterCount = enteredText.length + numberOfLineBreaks; /\n/g is a regular expression meaning ‘look for the character \n (line break), and do it globally … Read more

RegEx in Java: how to deal with newline

The lines are probably separated by \r\n in your file. Both \r (carriage return) and \n (linefeed) are considered line-separator characters in Java regexes, and the . metacharacter won’t match either of them. \s will match those characters, so it consumes the \r, but that leaves .* to match the \n, which fails. Your tester … Read more

How can I print multiple things on the same line, one at a time?

Python 3 Solution The print() function accepts an end parameter which defaults to \n (new line). Setting it to an empty string prevents it from issuing a new line at the end of the line. def install_xxx(): print(“Installing XXX… “, end=””, flush=True) install_xxx() print(“[DONE]”) Python 2 Solution Putting a comma on the end of the … Read more