printer issues

I have a program that is supposed to print out two lines of text. However when I run the program it always tries to print a single line. How can i seperate them?

print("This is my first line!")
print("This is my second line!")

Ignore everything I just said

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print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

what are you trying to print? it should work with 2 seperate print functions to print on seperate lines but compiling then into 1 makes the code cleaner, both ways should work

post your code if it still doesnt work

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said… try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

Also please note that this is the wrong section to post this. Please request this to be moved to the "Ask a Pro" section. Click "report" on any reply or the OP and type in the box the request to move to the correct section :)/> and if you ever need any help again post it directly to the "Ask a pro" section.

Also it is good practise to include the code that you have currently got so that we can take a look at it and suggest fixes to you :)/>

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 12:12 PM said:

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said… try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

YES! It fixed it! See everytime i tried to use \n to make a new line it just returned a ? and kept on the same line!

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 01:15 PM said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 12:12 PM said:

jewelshisen, on 21 December 2012 - 11:54 AM said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 11:31 AM said:

plain text:
print("this is line 1 \n this is line 2")

defined functions
print(line1.."\n"..line2)

the \n tells the print function to print on the next line

Oh. I was trying to use two seperate print functions! So i just need to compile them into one print function?

forget everything I said… try this

n = peripheral.wrap("left") --n is the printer
n.newPage()
n.write("Text for line 1 here")
n.setCursorPos(1,2)
n.write("Tesxt for line 2 here")
n.endPage()

YES! It fixed it! See everytime i tried to use \n to make a new line it just returned a ? and kept on the same line!

its a bit odd, the wiki says it works the same as the term and mon API's but apparently not, theres probably something we're missing but either way it works now ^_^/>

term.write also ignores '\n'. Support for '\n' is implemented in the write and print functions from bios.lua . You can easily take those 2 functions and adjust it to support monitors and/or printers.

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier. :)/>

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM said:

term.write also ignores '\n'. Support for '\n' is implemented in the write and print functions from bios.lua . You can easily take those 2 functions and adjust it to support monitors and/or printers.

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier. :)/>

Thats actually a good point, I've spent so much time in the "Ask A Pro" section lately I didnt even notice it was in the wrong place lol I think I need sleep, my brains not functioning right… maybe after one more line of code

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM said:

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier. :)/>

I mentioned it :P/>

TheOriginalBIT, on 21 December 2012 - 01:46 PM said:

Orwell, on 21 December 2012 - 01:36 PM said:

Also, I don't see this mentioned earlier so I'll say it. This post is in the wrong section. Programs is reserved for actual published programs, it just makes finding stuff easier. :)/>

I mentioned it :P/>

Oh yes, you mentioned it quite lengthy. :)/> Didn't notice that earlier. <_</>