Carriage return is not working

[vinoth vino]

Carriage return is not working when i execute the program it produce the n number of characters after "\r" in newline

   
  class NewClass{
	public static void main(String args[]){
		String str = "Hey java programmer \rVino";
		String str1 = "java programmer \rPerl";
		
		System.out.println(str);
		System.out.println(str1);
	}
}

Output

   Hey java programmer 
   Vino
   java programmer 
   Perl

but i expect to come like below
Expected output

   Vinojava programmer 
   Perl programmer   

Can anyone help me?

[Jesper de Jong]

I see you are running this in Eclipse. Apparently the Eclipse output window does not support this properly.

When I compile and run your code in a command prompt window, I get exactly the output that you expected.

[vinoth vino]

Jesper de Jong wrote:I see you are running this in Eclipse. Apparently the Eclipse output window does not support this properly.

When I compile and run your code in a command prompt window, I get exactly the output that you expected.

Vino wrote:Yup! Thanks a ton!! You are correct,when i compile the program in cmd it works very well. But why it doesn't work properly in eclipse? is there any solution to solve this?

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome to the Ranch

Don't use the CR (=(char)0x0d) (=\r) character unless you have been told specifically that it is required. As you can see, its behaviour is platform‑dependent. I tried your program on a Linux box and got

Vinojava programmer
Perl programmer

It is possible that your Eclipse installation has an option to take different line separator sequences and is set to “classic Mac” where the line end sequence is CR. I have no idea where that option is to be found. If you ever find it, try changing it to Windows/DOS (=CRLF =(char)0x0d(char)0x0a =\r\n) or Unix/Linux (=LF =(char)0x0a =\n). Newer Macs use the same line end as Linux.

Which operating systems were you using? [edit]cmd sounds like Windows[/edit]

I shall try duplicating this discussion in the IDEs forum; maybe somebody there will know more.

[Knute Snortum]

I ran the code in Eclipse on Windows 7 and got the expected output.

[Campbell Ritchie]

I tried searching Eclipse help and didn't find anything about line ends on the console. Maybe I searched wrongly.

[Liutauras Vilda]

Knute Snortum wrote:I ran the code in Eclipse on Windows 7 and got the expected output.

I'm currently on Windows 7 professional but don't get expected output also. Eclipse Version: Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2)