{"id":18835,"date":"2016-11-22T17:52:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=18835"},"modified":"2018-11-14T05:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T05:16:29","slug":"web-programming-javascript-how-to-manage-a-multi-line-string","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/web-programming-javascript-how-to-manage-a-multi-line-string\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Programming: JavaScript: how to manage a multi-line string"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor tells a trick for printing long strings with JavaScript.<\/h1>\n

Suppose you have a long string, over many lines, that you want to print with JavaScript.<\/p>\n

Typically, to print a string, you might assign it to a variable, then print the variable:<\/p>\n

\nvar string_0=”Getting ready for Christmas…(and so on)…”;
\ndocument.getElementById(“div_0”).innerHTML=string_0;\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

In my experience, if the program you’re using puts a line break in the string, that seems okay. However, JavaScript may not allow an explicit line break in a string variable:<\/p>\n

\nvar string_0=”Getting
\nready
\nfor
\nChristmas”; seems not to work<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Nonetheless,<\/p>\n

\nvar string_0=”Getting “+
\n“ready “+
\n“for “+
\n“Christmas….”; <\/span>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

will print as<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n