How do I make a new line in swift

Question

Is there a way to have a way to make a new line in swift like "\n" for java?

var example: String = "Hello World \n This is a new line" 

Answer 1

You should be able to use \n inside a Swift string, and it should work as expected, creating a newline character. You will want to remove the space after the \n for proper formatting like so:

var example: String = "Hello World \nThis is a new line" 

Which, if printed to the console, should become:

Hello World This is a new line 

However, there are some other considerations to make depending on how you will be using this string, such as:

• If you are setting it to a UILabel's text property, make sure that the UILabel's numberOfLines = 0, which allows for infinite lines.
• In some networking use cases, use \r\n instead, which is the Windows newline.

Edit: You said you're using a UITextField, but it does not support multiple lines. You must use a UITextView.

Answer 2

Also useful:

let multiLineString = """                   Line One                   Line Two                   Line Three                   """ 

• Makes the code read more understandable
• Allows copy pasting