New line character from c# to cshtml

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I am making a webpage... the controller is written in C# and the webpage is in cshtml. In the c# file, I am constructing strings to be put into the table on the html page. When I have my strings, I need line breaks within them, so I have things like stringpart1 + "\n" + stringpart2 in hope of the webpage displaying the string as two separate lines as I fill my table cells. However, everything seems to print out on the same line. I have also tried "\r\n" and System.Environment.NewLine instead. Any ideas as to a potential fix?

Possible duplicate of [display line breaks asp.net mvc razor](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5276688/display-line-breaks-asp-net-mvc-razor) — Samvel Petrosov, Jul 19 '17 at 16:50
dnickless I have already tried that, Samvel Petrosov Ill look into that — Justin M., Jul 19 '17 at 16:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '18 at 15:26

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Here is a fix which worked for me. In your .cshtml, use this: @Html.Raw(System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlEncode([your content containing \n]))

answered Oct 10 '18 at 15:26

JRS

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That works. However, if you fill it with content from a variable that can be set by a user, than you have a potential XSS. So only use it for fixed, known data. – JHBonarius Sep 11 '20 at 06:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '17 at 16:50

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Line breaks in HTML are represented by <br> tag. Change \n and/or \r to <br>.

Example:

part1 + "<br>" + part2;

answered Jul 19 '17 at 16:50

Jéf Bueno

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that was the first thing I tried it just adds
literally to the string – Justin M. Jul 19 '17 at 16:53

New line character from c# to cshtml

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