Name
newline Constant — insert a line break
Availability
Flash 4 and later
Synopsis
newline
Returns
A newline character.
Description
The constant newline
represents a standard line
break character (ASCII 10). It is synonymous with the escape sequence
"\n"
and is used to force a line break in a block
of text (usually for display in a text field variable).
Usage
Though newline
was a function in Flash 4, it
became a constant in Flash 5 and has a syntax that resembles a
property or variable. Note that parentheses are not used following
newline
.
Example
myOutput = "hello" + newline + "world";
See Also
See Section 4.5.2.2 in Chapter 4
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