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Answer 1

+6 A:

"\n" is chr(10). I think you want "\r":

mystring.replace("\r", "<br>");

Updated: To replace ALL \r use a regular expression:

mystring.replace(/\r/g, "<br>");

If you want it to work with Windows, Unix and Mac style line breaks use this:

mystring.replace(/\r?\n|\r/g, "<br>");

Mark Byers 2010-02-08 22:56:02

Yep, chr(13) is '\r', not '\n'.

Franci Penov 2010-02-08 22:56:38

good news - it worked. but unfortunately only for the first linebreak (there's several in my string). any ideas?

Fuxi 2010-02-08 22:58:37

you need to use the g flag in a regexp like in my answer, and not only take into account \r but \n too

Mic 2010-02-08 22:59:52

@Fuxi: Are there any other characters that need replacing in your string? It's much better to fully describe your question at the beginning rather than changing it as you go.

Mark Byers 2010-02-08 23:10:17

@Fuxi: I've updated my answer to be able to handle Windows, Unix *and* Mac style line endings! :)

Mark Byers 2010-02-08 23:13:06

Of course if you know the character code, you can always just use mystring.replace(String.fromCharCode(13), "<br>");

Gyuri 2010-02-08 23:14:36

Answer 2

+5 A:

theString.replace(/\n|\r/g, '<br />')

Mic 2010-02-08 22:58:42

Note that this will insert **two** `<br />`'s on Windows where the line ending is `\r\n`. See my solution for a fix.

Mark Byers 2010-02-08 23:16:15

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