need some java help..... fast

smoke.me.a.kipper · 12-04-2001 01:38PM #1

how do you skip to the next line in a string?? i'm doing applets.... and the /n or whatever doesn't work.

help please

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Evil Phil · 12-04-2001 02:24PM

\n should work. What are you trying to do exactly?

Baz_ · 12-04-2001 05:53PM

where are you outputting to ie. are you using the paint method. If you are then you have to specify the coordinates you want the string drawn at. I am assuming you're not however and if not then yes '\n' should work in almost all other cases.

DeadBankClerk · 12-04-2001 06:06PM

(yes i help ppl, because im nice!)

u should make an array of strings, one for each line, then do a for loop:

int yCoordinate = 20;
for(int i = 0; i < stringArray.lenth; i++){
g.drawString(stringArray, 20, yCoordinate);
yCoordinate+=15;
}

this will draw each line starting at 20,20 and then 20,35 then 20,50 etc...

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DeadBankClerk · 12-04-2001 08:58PM

or to make it even nicer u can use java to get the height of ur font (i dont know the method's name)

and u could say:

yCoordinate = yCoordinate + font.getHeight() + 3 //(a few pixles for space)

satchmo · 13-04-2001 03:23PM

If you want to get the pixel sizes of a font you need to use the FontMetrics class.

FontMetrics fm = g.getFontMetrics(font);

gets the FontMetrics object of your graphics context, and then you can use fm.getWidth() or fm.getHeight(), or a whole load of other methods that are listed in the API docs.

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