How do I get a platform-dependent new line character?

Question

How do I get a platform-dependent newline in Java? I can’t use "\n" everywhere.

Answer 1

If you don't want to use the line separator property ("\n"), you can try string format and use %n (works for Java 1.5 or above)

Example:

Calendar c = ...;

String s = String.format("Duke's Birthday: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY%n", c); \

String s2 = String.format; 

// %% becomes %    

// and `%n` becomes a newline 

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