How to go down a row inside the brackets of the command System.out.println();

[rian bron]

Hello guys, i would like to know how to keep writing  something to print inside the command System.out.println(); ,
but everytime that im trying to go down a raw it writes me an compilation error: " ); expected " or" illegal start of expression"..
how can i go down a raw without errors?

e.g.: System.out.println("Enter a number between 1 to 10
and remember it");

thank you guys:)

[Campbell Ritchie]

Don't try to do that with System.out.println. Try with System.out.printf. Try the %n tags and the \f escape. More details in the Formatter documentation (lots of scrolling required), the Java™ Tutorials (link 1) (link 2) and the Java® Language Specification (=JLS).

System.out.printf("%s%n%s%n%n%n%s.",
         "1st line", "2nd line", "3rd line");

I have never seen anybody use \f other than simply finding out how it works, and I cannot remember whether it behaves the same on Linux, other Unix‑like system, and Windows®. You might do well to avoid \f. Don't try using what appears to be the corresponding Unicode escape \u000c.

[Wei-Ting Kao]

I think you can use "\n" for line break, like this.

String output = "Enter a number between 1 to 10\nand remember it";
System.out.println(output);

[Knute Snortum]

You can, but it will make that statement platform-dependent.

And welcome to the Ranch!

[Campbell Ritchie]

Welcome again

Only us \n and \r if someboyd has told you they want a particular combination of characters. The %n tag gives you the correct line end for your current operating system.

[Campbell Ritchie]

I merged your stuff with the following thread. I hope that is okay by you.

[rian bron]

Hello guys, when im writing a code and dont want it to last outside the line, im going down  a raw inside the command "System.out.println();" and then when im trying to compile it  , it writes: "";"expected", how can i keep writing without getting this error?

For example:

public class Tester
{
public static void main(String[]args)
{
System.out.println("Hello everyone my name is
ryan and im trying to write a code");
}
}

Thank you all for your solutions

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please don't ask the same question twice; fortunately I can merge the two topics.

You cannot break lines in the middle of a String literal. You have to use the String concatenation operator.

System.out.println("Campbell Ritchie " +
         "is the worst mod on CodeRanch");

Sorry, we seem to have misunderstood the question earlier.

[Ron McLeod]

I noticed in both of your examples, that the string that you are wanting to print is broken on to two lines.  Is that actually how you have the code in your editor/IDE?

System.out.println("Enter a number between 1 to 10 
and remember it"); 

System.out.println("Hello everyone my name is 
ryan and im trying to write a code"); 

[rian bron]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Please don't ask the same question twice; fortunately I can merge the two topics.

You cannot break lines in the middle of a String literal. You have to use the String concatenation operator.

System.out.println("Campbell Ritchie " +
         "is the worst mod on CodeRanch");

Sorry, we seem to have misunderstood the question earlier.

Yeah sorry i forgot i asked this question a week ago ;/

sorry

[rian bron]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:Please don't ask the same question twice; fortunately I can merge the two topics.

You cannot break lines in the middle of a String literal. You have to use the String concatenation operator.

System.out.println("Campbell Ritchie " +
         "is the worst mod on CodeRanch");

Sorry, we seem to have misunderstood the question earlier.

YEAH! that's the solution i wanted to find
Thank you !