# Display string list returned by scripted field in new line in discovery

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 14, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074 "2021-04-14T02:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![yash\_gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yash_gupta/32/84010_2.png) [@yash\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yash_gupta)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074/1 "2021-04-14T02:19:06Z")

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Hi,

I have a scripted filed returning a list of String, when I am viewing the field in discovery page I can see the values are coming as coma separated but I need them to come in new line. Is there any way to achieve this ?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![AClerk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aclerk/32/55297_2.png) [@AClerk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AClerk)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074/2 "2021-04-14T04:43:55Z")

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> [@Formatting strings using scripted fields - inserting line breaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/formatting-strings-using-scripted-fields-inserting-line-breaks/138242/5):
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> I've tried scripted fields, I've used lang=painless, type=string, format=string, script=/\n/.matcher(doc['message'].value).replaceAll(' ') but then I receive this error "Courier Fetch: 10 of 715 shards failed. The script might be written wrong... I've tried doc['message'].value = "\n" + " /\n/.matcher(doc['message'].value).replaceAll(' ') Wondering how I can debug or test a scripted field......

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36330986/how-can-i-add-a-newline-character-to-a-string-in-java>

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**Author:** ![yash\_gupta](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yash_gupta/32/84010_2.png) [@yash\_gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yash_gupta)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074/3 "2021-04-16T01:13:30Z")

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Did you got any solution for this ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/display-string-list-returned-by-scripted-field-in-new-line-in-discovery/270074/4 "2021-05-14T01:13:44Z")

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