String that contains line breaks

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How to create multiline strings

I have a lot of strings that I want to put in variables, but there is line breaks that aren't accepted.

Firefox says "Unterminated string literal" when I write :

var a="foo
bar";

Is there a way to write my strings without removing the line breaks manually?

Yes, use a search and replace and let a PROGRAM do it for you instead of doing it manually. — Diodeus - James MacFarlane, Jun 05 '12 at 18:32
@user1365010: Enable regular expression/extended matching and type `\n`. — Ry-, Jun 05 '12 at 18:36
@user1365010 - If you're just trying to find & replace newlines in a text editor, most decent text editors allow you to search by an escape code (like `\n`) or a regular expression. Notepad2 is my personal favorite. — Mike Christensen, Jun 05 '12 at 18:38
I have `TextWrangler`, and it doesn't find any occurence with `\n` — user1365010, Jun 05 '12 at 18:44
Yea I have TextWranger on my Mac and it doesn't seem to have this feature, very odd. — Mike Christensen, Jun 05 '12 at 18:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '12 at 18:33

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If this is not acceptable:

var a="foo" +
"bar";

Or as @minitech (the new mod) suggested:

var a="foo \
bar";

Then the answer is no.

answered Jun 05 '12 at 18:33

gdoron

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Why not just use a backslash? – Ry- Jun 05 '12 at 18:33
@minitech. What do you mean? you can edit if you wish, or answer yourself ofcourse. – gdoron Jun 05 '12 at 18:34
I mean what [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/805113/707111) says. – Ry- Jun 05 '12 at 18:34
@minitech. Cool, didn't know it's possible, not that I'll ever user it... :) Good luck with the election! – gdoron Jun 05 '12 at 18:36
Thanks! I'll do my best. – Ry- Jun 05 '12 at 18:38
@minitech. I saw in the comments that it's not a EMCA standard, anyway it shouldn't really be used... :) – gdoron Jun 05 '12 at 18:40
Also, neither of these methods are actually preserving the new line; which I assume is important. – Mike Christensen Jun 05 '12 at 18:42

Mike Christensen · Answer 2 · 2012-06-05T18:45:23.883

Is this script generated dynamically by a web server?

If so, this web server will need to convert line breaks to the \n escape sequence instead. You'll also have the same issue with other reserved characters, such as the backslash and double-quotes.

Some languages allow you to literally write a string constant (such as the @ prefix in C#), however Javascript has no such feature standard, thus certain characters must be escaped.

String that contains line breaks

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