Re: strange question about the io.write

[Kenneth Forsbäck <kenneth.forsback@...>]

Different platforms use different definitions for new line.

unix/linux = LF
windows = CRLF
mac = CR

Kenneth

bidong liao wrote:
> but why? different platforms got different results(mac got CRLF but windows
> got CRCRLF)?
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Philippe Lhoste <PhiLho@gmx.net> wrote:
>
> > On 19/11/2009 05:52, Roger Ivie wrote:
> >
> > > Yes. When you open in text mode, "\n" is written as CRLF instead of LF.
> > > That's what text mode means.
> > >
> > > In text mode, when you write "\r\n", it is written as CRCRLF. The first
> > > CR is for the "\r" and the CRLF is for the "\n".
> > Aha, good answer! Obvious in retrospect... It explains why sometime I get
> > files with double line spacing with this curious CRCRLF scheme. And why one
> > should use the system-agnostic \n line ending: even if that's what is
> > written raw in the file, only the brain-dead Notepad won't understand it...
> > :-)
> >
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