inporting many lines of HTML through javascript

[mikek12004]

I want to do this

msg='
<div> 
  mike
</div>
';
document.getElementById("sme_cont").innerHTML=msg;
 

The problem is that the msg variables sees the '\n' character and prompts and error. If I put all the HTML code of the variable in one line works OK but inside the msg variable I plan to put complex HTML code so the ability to put it in multiple line is essential how can I do this?

[gits]

you may use concats like:

var foo = 'first line'
    + 'second line'
    + 'third line';
 

or:

var foo = [
    'first line',
    'second line',
    'third line'
].join('');

kind regards

[Canabeez]

There's another workaround, if you use like Notepad++ or PSPAD, you could use a single line HTML in a variable and replace the "\n" to let's say "<!--NEWLINE--> in your HTML. So whenever you need to work in it you just replace the <!--NEWLINE--> to "\n" and the opposite. This is not the best solution, but it works ;)

[Dormilich]

you can also escape the newline:

var msg = "some very \
long text";    
 

though it won’t preserve the line break.

[Canabeez]

@Dormilich
Never knew this was possible, well we learn something new everyday... ;)

[Dormilich]

I just stumbled upon that recently…

[rnd me]

if you have lots of text, a hidden input or textarea lets you store it without encoding. in a script file, you have to encode it.

i wrote a couple firefox batches to help.
just go to the link, click the "x" tab on the left.
then paste in your text, click "run", and click back on the "y" tab to view the results.

this string quoter one converts text into this format:

"dddd"+
"eeee"+
"gggg"

this slash adder produces the format shown by canabeez.

the JSONString version is an old standby, though it makes it hard to read.