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[SOLVED] How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 3:06 pm
by YounYokel
Hey guys, do you know a way to create a linebreak like in C++ ( "\n" or std:endl ) for example?
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function love.draw(dt)
love.graphics.print( "First of all: " .. endline .. " 1. Blah Blah Blah" .. endline .. " 2. Blah Blah Blah" )
end
This would be much easier for creating lists of text, I guess =)
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:52 pm
by pgimeno
What's wrong with
itself?
This works for me:
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function love.draw(dt)
love.graphics.print( "First of all:\n 1. Blah Blah Blah\n 2. Blah Blah Blah" )
end
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:30 am
by ivan
Also, you can use real line breaks with the [[ ]] operator.
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:57 am
by YounYokel
pgimeno wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 8:52 pm
What's wrong with
itself?
This works for me:
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function love.draw(dt)
love.graphics.print( "First of all:\n 1. Blah Blah Blah\n 2. Blah Blah Blah" )
end
WHAT !? I really had no idea because I'm new at LUA
Well, I guess topic is solved =P
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:00 am
by YounYokel
ivan wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 4:30 am
Also, you can use real line breaks with the [[ ]] operator.
Really? And how to use them? Post an example please.
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:12 am
by MrFariator
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local myText = [[this is where my text goes
and it will handle linebreaks]]
function love.draw ()
love.graphics.print(myText, 10, 10)
end
One thing to keep in mind is that all contents between [[]] will be caught, so it will also take the indentation into account if present. Example:
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function love.draw ()
love.graphics.print([[this is where my text goes
and it will handle linebreaks]], 10, 10)
end
...will look like this (second line is offset by the indentation present in the code):
You can work around this by just writing the text into a local variable in a non-indented position, like in the first example.
Re: How to make a linebreak?
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:21 am
by YounYokel
MrFariator wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:12 am
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local myText = [[this is where my text goes
and it will handle linebreaks]]
function love.draw ()
love.graphics.print(myText, 10, 10)
end
One thing to keep in mind is that all contents between [[]] will be caught, so it will also take the indentation into account if present. Example:
Code: Select all
function love.draw ()
love.graphics.print([[this is where my text goes
and it will handle linebreaks]], 10, 10)
end
...will look like this (second line is offset by the indentation present in the code):
You can work around this by just writing the text into a local variable in a non-indented position, like in the first example.
Oh! Thank you, by the way that was the quickest response I ever seen =)