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Automatic formatting tool [message #817770]

Sat, 10 March 2012 16:27

Max Ekström

Messages: 1
Registered: March 2012

Junior Member

Hi!

I've been using Eclipse to develop programs in Java for a while now and I'm very pleased with it, but one thing I can't understand is the automatic formatting tool (Source->Format). I have coded in other languages before and in all of them (at least before I started coding Java) I formatted my code like this:

if(1 == 1)
{
   // do something
}

Then I discovered the formatting tool and of course it moved up all my curly start brackets one line. I found that you can change this in the preferences, but it was much easier for me to just accept this.

if(1 == 1) {
   // do something
}

Anyway to the thing I don't understand! How come it corrects my code above and leaves the following code untouched?

if(1 == 1)

{
   // do something
}

And you can add even more line breaks if you want to

if

(

1

==

1

)

{
   // do something
}

Seems like a really nice way to code! Smile

But honestly, how come this isn't retracted?

[Updated on: Sat, 10 March 2012 16:29]

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Re: Automatic formatting tool [message #818789 is a reply to message #817770]

Mon, 12 March 2012 05:35

Satyam Kandula

Messages: 444
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

That is because there are other options that impact this. You may want to look at the tab 'Line Wrapping'->Never join already wrapped lines and other options.

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