need to add + "\n" to params or fields text

Text flowing into a text field from either a param or Field will not print the last line if it does not end with a newLine. I have confirmed this by using $F{meetingPurpose} + "\n" in the Text Field Expression. 

What I really need is some logic. ie.:

if last character is not a new line, add one.  is this possible in iReport? I could preprocess this in my app, but if I can do it in iReport it would be better.

Ted