How to display a string with new line character in a HTML page using scriplets?

Question

<% 
String a="abc";
Srting b="xyz";
String c=a+"\n"+b;
%>

I want to display String c in a HTML table like this:

<table>
  <tr>
    <td><%= c %></td>
  </tr>
</table>

I want to get this:

--------
| abc  |
| xyz  |
--------

But I get this:

------------
| abc xyz  |
------------

Is there anything I could do with the scriplet to acheive this?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 06 '14 at 10:00

5

Html has tag for page breaks. So you can insert it in java code instead of \n:

String c=a+"<br>"+b;

answered Nov 06 '14 at 10:00

Nailgun

Thanks.. It worked.. I thought it would display as abc
xyz – Rey Rajesh Nov 06 '14 at 10:03
A doubt.. @Nailgun.. If I want to display abc
xyz.. How can I do it? – Rey Rajesh Nov 06 '14 at 10:04
1

@Rey Rajesh `String c=a+" "+b;` – Nailgun Nov 06 '14 at 10:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 06 '14 at 10:01

1

Try to use   instead of "\n"

String c=a+" "+b;

answered Nov 06 '14 at 10:01

atish shimpi

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

From your design ,

You can simply make it as,

<table>
  <tr>
    <td><%= a %></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><%= b %></td>
  </tr>
</table>

to display it in the rows . Using   in the table is meaningless.

If your intent is to display the multi-line td,

Also scriptlets are discouraged over the decade . Please read How to avoid Java code in JSP files?

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