very basic \n question

[Italianblend]

Hi, I am very new to programming, currently in chapter1 of Programming in ObjectiveC 2.0. Basic question about using \n to make a new line in a NSLog...function thingy

I understand that\n is a convenient way to avoid writing NSLog (@" all the time and it just starts a new line for you. But if you use \n your lines will stretch out farther than your screen. Is there a way to keep one NSLog string using\n but have it broken up on your screen just to keep track of the code better?

Like, I tried

(@ "This is line one.\nThis is line two\n
This is line three");

But this showed errors. I'm just trying to use several \n without having to scroll across the screen to see the entire code.

I hope I'm making sense. Thanks =)

[JDave]

(@ "This is line one.\nThis is line two\n
This is line three");

But this showed errors. I'm just trying to use several \n without having to scroll across the screen to see the entire code.

I hope I'm making sense. Thanks =)

Looks like you have it correct... but what happened to NSLog???

You are doing this, right??? :

NSLog(@"This is line one.\nThis is line two\nThis is line three");

[smasher]

I think you're asking how to make one string out of multiple lines of code. You can use it in combination with the \n character, but they're not related.

You can create a multi-line string by closing your quotes, and then opening them again on the next line. Like this:

NSLog(@"This is"

"one really" 

"long \n string with one" 


"break in the middle.", nil);

That will appear like so:

This isone reallylong 
 string with onebreak in the middle.

No other punctuation like + or . is requires. Adjacent strings are treated as one string.

NSLog(@"This \
should \
work \
too." , nil);

[Italianblend]

NSLog @( "Thank You"

"very much for explaining"

"this to me =)" );