How to print 2 newlines in java?

Question

I know that

for

example

is printed by: System.out.print("for" + "\n" + "example") But what do I do when I want to print 2 blank lines instead of 1? Like this:

for


example

I tried System.out.print("for" + "\n" + "\n" + "example") but it still printed 1 blank line

Answer 1

System.out.print("for" + "\n\n\n" + "example") should solve your problem. The first "\n" is for ending "for" and then two blank lines

or

System.out.println("for");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println("example");

Answer 2

You can use:

System.out.println("for");
System.out.println();
System.out.println();
System.out.println("example");

To print what you need.

System.out.println();

just prints an empty line.

As for your solution, you actually need 3 new line characters (one after "for" and two empty lines).

Your first statement is wrong, as:

System.out.print("for" + "\n" + "example")

will print:

for 
example

Answer 3

There are different ways of printing two newlines:

1. Write an empty print statement twice or more:

   System.out.println();
   System.out.println();
   

2. System.out.print( "\n\n\n" )

3. Use a loop in case you want to use a single println and even without using /n:

   public void foo(int n) {
       if (n > 3) 
           return;
       println(currNum);
       foo(n+1);
   }
   

Answer 4

Using System.getProperty("line.separator") should return the operator you are looking for. My guess is that this property depends from OS'es. You can use this to print two separate lines:

System.out.prinln("line 1"+System.getProperty("line.separator")+"line 2");

This will print:

line 1
line 2