Vista - How to represent newline as a character constant?

02-13-2008

How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable for
inclusion in a Char array?

In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single
newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell?

TIA
Chris

02-13-2008

"Christopher Bootland" <bootland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable
> for inclusion in a Char array?
>
> In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single
> newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell?
>

`n

The escape character in PowerShell is a backtick instead of a backslash.
That way you can use backslashes in file paths without having to escape
them. Watch out though. If you used C style single quotes (like you would
for a char in C) that defeats the escape mechansim e.g.:

14> '`n'
`n
15> "`n"

16>

--
Keith

02-13-2008

"Christopher Bootland" <bootland@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:13r5213kmtbmm45@xxxxxx

Quote:

> How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable
> for inclusion in a Char array?
>
> In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single
> newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell?
>
> TIA
> Chris
>

Some more possibilties

[char]13 #Carriage return
[char]10 #Line feed
[[char]13 + [char]10 #Combination of the 2

--
Jon

02-13-2008	#1 (permalink)
Christopher Bootland n/a posts	How to represent newline as a character constant? How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable for inclusion in a Char array? In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell? TIA Chris
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02-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
Keith Hill [MVP] n/a posts	Re: How to represent newline as a character constant? "Christopher Bootland" <bootland@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:13r5213kmtbmm45@xxxxxx Quote: > How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable > for inclusion in a Char array? > > In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single > newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell? > `n The escape character in PowerShell is a backtick instead of a backslash. That way you can use backslashes in file paths without having to escape them. Watch out though. If you used C style single quotes (like you would for a char in C) that defeats the escape mechansim e.g.: 14> '`n' `n 15> "`n" 16> -- Keith
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02-13-2008	#3 (permalink)
Jon n/a posts	Re: How to represent newline as a character constant? "Christopher Bootland" <bootland@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:13r5213kmtbmm45@xxxxxx Quote: > How do I represent a newline character as a character constant suitable > for inclusion in a Char array? > > In C, I would use "\n" to represent a character array containing a single > newline character. How would I do this in PowerShell? > > TIA > Chris > Some more possibilties [char]13 #Carriage return [char]10 #Line feed [[char]13 + [char]10 #Combination of the 2 -- Jon
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