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Insert newline characters into the output stream such that a blank line results&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balxml&lowbar;formatter&period;h&gt;`

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void
addBlankLine();
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== Description

If the last output was a newline, then only one newline is added, otherwise two newlines are added&period; If following a call to `openElement`, or `addAttribute`, add a closing `&gt;` to the opened tag&period;


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