Java: how do I insert a new line inside a variable?

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String fullName; // Stores fullName as a String variable

fullName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"What is your full name?");
// Creates input dialog box containing "What is your full name?"

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You entered: " +
fullName);

I want to display the first name in its own line the last name in another line.

What I have tried:

I've tried using "\n" inside the message box, but it just takes the whole full name to a new line.

Posted 29-Oct-17 11:53am

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Updated 29-Oct-17 13:02pm

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phil.o · Answer 1 · 2017-10-29T13:02:00

You have to manipulate the fullName variable before displaying it.
Something along:

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fullName = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,"What is your full name?");

fullName = fullName.trim().replaceFirst("\\s+", System.lineSeparator()); // Replace the first whitespace(s) encountered by an end-of-line character

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "You entered:" + System.lineSeparator() + fullName);