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2014/5/18

Long Strings

cobarr cobarr

2014/5/18

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The code below is working, but I would like to add multiple line breaks in the "longString" string. I tried adding another + System.getProperty("line.separator") + "text", but it doesn't work. The goal here is to create one image that contains text with breaks/new paragraphs so that text is not all clumped together. Once all the text is displayed under one actor, when the actor is placed into the world, I would like it to automatically get centered on the game screen. 
public Instructions()
    {     
        String longString = "Gameplay:"
            + System.getProperty("line.separator") + "If your answer is correct, one point to the Counter will be added,";
                  
            setImage(new GreenfootImage( longString , 18, Color.WHITE, Color.BLUE));

    }
danpost danpost

2014/5/18

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You can use the 'new line' escape sequence ( '\n' ) within the string to start a new line. For example: 
String longString = "Gameplay:\n\nIf your answer is correct, one point to the Counter will be added,";
longString += "\nif your answer is not correct, one point to the Counter will be subtracted.";
setImage(new Greenfootimage(longString, 18, Color.white, Color.blue));
cobarr cobarr

2014/5/18

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Ah! Great, thanks for introducing me to the 'new line' escape sequence ('\n')!
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