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blurpop

05-04-2007, 02:02 PM

Hi, how do I create line breaks for variables to show a double space on my page?

Here's part of the var:

var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n2. hello sayonara \n3. hello only"

i added \n for one line break, but i need to to have space in between...please help...

samanyolu

05-04-2007, 02:11 PM

<body>
<div id="divid"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">

var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"

alert(hello);

var hello2 = "1. hello goodbye <br><br>2. hello sayonara <br><br>3. hello only"
var el = document.getElementById('divid');
el.innerHTML = hello2;
</script>

blurpop

05-04-2007, 02:30 PM

thanks! but let's say the there are multiple vars to auto populate a text area, and i just wanted double spaces? how do i simplify this formula? so -

var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"
var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"
var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"
var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"
var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"
var hello = "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only"

and i want double spaces on these variables to display on a text area...please advise

JMRKER

05-04-2007, 04:01 PM

Short example:

document.getElementById('TextAreaId').value = '';
for (var i=0; i<6; i++) {
document.getElementById('TextAreaId').value
+= "1. hello goodbye \n\n2. hello sayonara \n\n3. hello only";
}

blurpop

05-05-2007, 10:45 AM

Thanks so much! Actually, just putting \n\n was working on my end...It didn't at first because of cache. Thanks again!