How to check the newline character

Question

Hi,
I want to check a character whether it is '\n'. I tried with the code,
<code>
char nl='\n';
if(nl=='\n')
     System.out.println("its a newline");
</code>
But, the above condition is not checked. How to modify the condition?Thanks in advance.
bhuvana.

Answer 1

Remember newline characters differ on different platforms. For example under DOS its \r\n and under UNIX its \n. Thankfully you can retrieve this information using System.getProperty("line.separator");.
Here is some code
public class nl
     public static void main(String args[])
          String newLine = System.getProperty("line.separator");
          String dos = "\r\n";
          String unix = "\n";
          if(newLine.equals(dos))
               System.out.println("dos newline");
          else if(newLine.equals(unix))
               System.out.println("unix newline");
          else
               System.out.println("not a newline");
}I hope this helps!