Get platform specific end of line character in C++/Qt

Question

Is there anything for getting right end-of-line symbol for any platform? I mean, I can use \\n for Windows and Unix if I want to write EOL to file, but there is

Answer 1

You can try using the std::endl

Answer 2

I use this bit of code:

    const QChar newline(QChar('\n'));
    const QChar cr('\r');
    #ifdef __linux__ 
        const QChar eol = newline);
    #elif _WIN32
        const QString eol = QString(cr) + QString(newline);
    #else
        const QChar eol = cr;
    #endif

I have not tested the else branch because I do very little work on systems that aren't either linux or windows (mac for example), so one would have to test that one's self.

The linux, and windows branches work well for me for splitting strings into lines on windows and linux.

Answer 3

Try

QString::split(QRegularExpression{R"-((\r\n?|\n))-"})

This uses a C++11 raw string literal to create a regex that matches all three possibilities:

• CR only (Mac)
• CR+LF (Win)
• LF (Unix)

If you can not use C++11, you will have to manually escape the regex:

"(\\r\\n?|\\n)"

That should do the trick.

Answer 4

When you are writing a file in text mode, the "\n" character should be reinterpreted as whatever is appropriate for that system. For Windows, that means CRLF (carriage return, line feed), on Unix, it's just LF alone, and the Macintosh standard is a CR by itself.

When you are reading, be ready to end a line at either one of those characters, but if you find a carriage return, check to see if there is a line feed immediately after it, and if there is, consider it part of the same line.