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How to add a newline with in a string being set to a label [C# 2005]

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  1 year ago

  by Shaitan00

  Shaitan00

  , United States

  Joined 6 years ago

  I am trying to find a way to introduce a NEW LINE into a string I am setting for the text of a label, specifically I want the label to span 3 lines... I've tried using "\n" but it doesn't seem to work at all, this is my current code...

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  lblAddress.Text = province.ToString() + " - " + city.ToString() + " - " + address.ToString() + " - " + postal_code.ToString();
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  What I want to do is set the ADDRESS on another line and the POSTAL_CODE on another line so that the text of the label spans 3 lines, something like the following:
     Ontario Toronto
     123 Mission Street
     D4C 4D4

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  lblAddress.Text = province.ToString() + " - " + city.ToString() + "\n" + address.ToString() + "\n" + postal_code.ToString();
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  But this doesn't work ... any clue why?
  This is to be used with an ASP:LABEL in ASP.NET 2.0 (not a form label) - incase this makes any difference...

  Any help would be greatly appreciated...
  Thanks,

   

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  1 year ago

  by TimL

  Tim Leung

  Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Joined 2 years ago

  Maybe you can just use <br/> tags to achieve the line break:
  

  
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  lblAddress.Text = province.ToString() + " - " + city.ToString() + "<br/>" + address.ToString() + "<br/>" + postal_code.ToString();
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  1 year ago

  by Mohammad Rastkar

  Mohammad Rastkar

  Shiraz, Iran

  Joined 3 years ago

  char : (char)13   // '13' is ASCII code of newline

  string : System.Environment.NewLine

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  1 year ago

  by TimL

  Tim Leung

  Berkshire, United Kingdom

  Joined 2 years ago

  Mohammad,

  Although (char)13 and Environment.NewLine will give you a new line, I believe that they will behave in the same way as "\n" which doesn't render in an asp:label for the OP. This is the reason why I suggest "<br/>.

  Tim
  

   

   

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