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How to write line-feed to a text file in AutoLISP.

A - answer The AutoLISP functions (write-line) and (write-char) automatically add the full CR/LF sequence (carriage return, line feed) when trying to output just the LF (line-feed, chr 10).

There is a trick of forcing AutoCAD to output really just the line-feed. Use the (write-char) function and add 256 to the character code. So instead of (write-char 10 f), use (write-char 266 f). An example:


(setq f (open "C:/TEMP/TESTFILE.TXT" "w"))
(write-char 266 f)
(close f)
writes a file testfile.txt containing just the LF character.
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applies to: AutoCAD 2011 ·

See also:
Tip 14061:Animated drawing of geometry in AutoCAD.
Tip 14017:Voronoi diagrams in AutoCAD.
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Tip 13887:ClosestPt - the nearest point on another curve
Tip 13868:XrefStamp - create a dynamic list of xrefs in your DWG drawing.


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