# How do i split a string to start on new line? "\\n" not working! (Simple Question) **URL:** \ **Category:** C++\ **Tags:** unreal-engine\ **Created:** [September 18, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120 "2015-09-18T12:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_adc3f730)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/1 "2015-09-18T12:35:45Z")
How do i get a string to start on a new line, apparently is supposed to work but it doesn’t for me. “Hello there blah” becomes “Hello thereblah” Am i missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Zarkopafilis](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Zarkopafilis](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Zarkopafilis)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/2 "2015-09-18T14:08:36Z")
works in C++'s strings. Try a Shift+Enter on blueprints. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_adc3f730)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/3 "2015-09-18T14:51:51Z")
> [@Zarkopafilis;381866](#): > > works in C++'s strings. > > Try a Shift+Enter on blueprints. Yes, but is there any other way to do it in c++ because i have my code setup there? ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_3fa5d564](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_3fa5d564](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_3fa5d564)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/4 "2015-09-18T16:08:51Z")
I’ve found that for some things adding \ will cause a new line. This work for TextRenderComponents for example. ---
**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_adc3f730](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_adc3f730)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/5 "2015-09-29T13:24:59Z")
[I’ve solved my problem, here is my method for anyone who cares.](https://answers.unrealengine.com/questions/304621/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rama](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/rama/32/882413_2.png) [@Rama](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Rama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/6 "2015-10-01T05:49:15Z")
Line\_terminator UE4 has a macro called LINE\_TERMINATOR, globally accessible. You can use that where you’d normally use ’ ’ to get the desired result ❤ Rama ---
**Author:** ![charles\_interface](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/charles_interface/32/725634_2.png) [@charles\_interface](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/charles_interface)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/7 "2020-05-25T00:39:07Z")
> [@Zarkopafilis](#): > > works in C++'s strings. > > Try a Shift+Enter on blueprints. This it’s work for me ---
**Author:** ![EruRTD](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@EruRTD](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/EruRTD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/8 "2020-06-17T07:05:46Z")
> [@Rama](#): > > Line\_terminator > > UE4 has a macro called LINE\_TERMINATOR, globally accessible. > > You can use that where you’d normally use ’ > ’ to get the desired result > > ❤ > > Rama UE4 has a macro for ’ '? https://forums.unrealengine.com/core/image/png;base64 ---
**Author:** ![nick\_recursion](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@nick\_recursion](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nick_recursion)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/9 "2022-10-07T03:29:11Z")
```auto FString FileContent; //Read the csv file FFileHelper::LoadFileToString(FileContent, *fPath); TArray CSVLines; const TCHAR* Terminators[] = { L"\r", L"\n" }; //LINE_TERMINATOR FileContent.ParseIntoArray(CSVLines, Terminators, 2); ``` ---
**Author:** ![BojanglesTheLess](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@BojanglesTheLess](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/BojanglesTheLess)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/10 "2023-10-06T16:45:29Z")
shift+enter works in BP ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/8/2/4/8249c54cfd7359dbda5efb1f798284e518a1b159.png) ---
**Author:** ![nande](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/nande/32/1057698_2.png) [@nande](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/nande)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-split-a-string-to-start-on-new-line-n-not-working-simple-question/42120/11 "2025-01-03T05:16:52Z")
in cpp on 5.5 there is `ParseIntoArrayLines` for FStrings beware of the warning about using it for short strings