best way to add a new line

[cwkalish]

Is there an easy way to write a new line in a field/container? I'd like to add a new line after the existing contents.
I can do, put return&"xyz" after fld "abc" but if I build up a field from scratch this way, I get a blank first line.
Thanks.
-Chuck

[Klaus]

Hi Chuck,

what about:

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...
put "xyz" into tNewLine
if fld "abc" <> EMPTY then
  put CR before tNewLine
end if
put tNewLine after fld "abc"
...

Been using this for years!


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Klaus

[cwkalish]

Thanks. I thought there might be some neat way to do it without the conditional... Nice to know at least that part of my code isn't inelegant.

[Klaus]

I'm really sorry, that the only solution is not more erm... glamorous!

[dunbarx]

I don't know about glamorous, but if you are really averse to conditionals, you could always:

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put "xyz" into line the number of lines of fld "yourField" + 1 of fld "yourField"

This does not care how many lines, or any at all, are in the field.

Craig Newman

[Klaus]

Hi Craig,

believe me, that is much more glamorous than my solution!


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Klaus

[mattmaier]

Yeah, that's clever. So the number of lines returns 0 if the field is empty. Neat.

[dunbarx]

Glamorous, and now clever. Well, this is old, old magic.

Craig