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Posted on by lukbel 282

Hi all

Running AX 2012 R3 CU9

Looking at an X++ method which I have that exports bill of exchange info to a text file at the moment. Basically it builds up a long string, and then exports that to the file.

eg:

outputTxt += strRFix(this.zipCode(), #ZipCode, '0');

.... (insert more here)

file.write(outputTxt);

However at a certain point, we have a business requirement to insert a carriage return on the line. I can't work out how to hardcode that. Is there a method which the X++ compiler will understand as Chr(13) or equivalent?

Thanks very much for your help in advance

Luke

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  • Sohaib Cheema Profile Picture
    Sohaib Cheema 48,805 User Group Leader on at
    RE: Insert line break in x++

    Hi Lukbel,

    In AX char2Num converts chars and gives you back the ASCI number. It will be great if you can be more transparent in providing your requirement. For line break \n is used in most of languages, same follows the x++

  • lukbel Profile Picture
    lukbel 282 on at
    RE: Insert line break in x++

    Hi Sohaib,

    Basically what I would like to do is say, if I am hardcoding some text:

    outputTxt += "InsertTestCodeHere\nAndTheLineBreakShouldGoThere"

    But I was under the impression that the compiler would take that literally and insert the characters "\n"

    How can I tell it "put a carriage return here in the string"

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    Sohaib Cheema Profile Picture
    Sohaib Cheema 48,805 User Group Leader on at
    RE: Insert line break in x++

    No I don't think so

    single \n will put new line. double backslash \\n will give you back \n in text. try following example in a job and you would know what I mean.

    str     myTestString;    
    myTestString += "InsertTestCodeHere\nAndTheLineBreakShouldGoThere";
    Box::info(myTestString);
    myTestString = '';
    myTestString += "InsertTestCodeHere\\n"+"AndTheLineBreakShouldGoThere";
    Box::info(myTestString);


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