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#1 2016-10-14 03:02:40 pm
- StevenH
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\n my best friend...
Hey guys
A while a go I wrote an applescript that did a lot of useful operations for me.
A part of it was to create a string that contained some "\n" like for QR CODE generation in InDesign.
Applescript:
Somestring\nSomeotherString\nThirdString
As you cannot write \n in applescript - it causes libebreaks inside the script,-I used some characters instead of the ,\n' s like "#$%" and had a bash script replace them with "\n". Now I was wondering if there's a better method with object c to get a string that contains multiple "\n"
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#2 2016-10-14 04:30:43 pm
- Shane Stanley
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Re: \n my best friend...
You can use:
Applescript:
"Somestring" & linefeed &"SomeotherString" & linefeed &"ThirdString"
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/
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#3 2016-10-14 04:49:31 pm
- StevenH
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Re: \n my best friend...
I tried that before. It doesn't work for my purpose. It has to be "\n" as text and line feed doesn't print that it just makes a newline.
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#4 2016-10-14 04:55:25 pm
- Shane Stanley
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Re: \n my best friend...
If you want to print \n you use \\n.
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/
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#5 2016-10-14 05:04:46 pm
- StevenH
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Re: \n my best friend...
And this is where the problems start 
I tried that also.
I need to write a line like this in a file with a batch command (not the AS 'write to file')
"String\nOtherString\nThirdString"
If I escape \\n it writes exactly that to file...
"String\\nOtherString\\nThirdString"
Which is wrong...
My thoughts were more like having an NSARRAY {String,Other string,..} an join it somehow with \n as separator
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#6 2016-10-14 05:26:58 pm
- Shane Stanley
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Re: \n my best friend...
Can you show us your code/
It sounds like you should be using what I suggested originally, but quoting it.
Shane Stanley <sstanley@myriad-com.com.au>
www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/
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#7 2016-10-17 04:48:27 pm
- StevenH
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Re: \n my best friend...
Erm... it works with the escape. Dunno why it didn't when I tried first. Close! 
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