HTML escapes string with Backslashes

Question

I am new to Javascript coding. The current task I am working on is creating HTML Documents from a text document.In a particular case, I have a complex string (alphanumeric string with backslashes). I need the HTML to print it the way the text is present. However, the HTML created escapes all backslashes.

Input Text:

3583859858.8200040004xxxx\00\0200040004\t0\t194.3\t39874\t7975\t90\t62\t0.1\t194.3\t200\t35.00\t35.00\t35.00\t194\t2.1\t12541\t12650\t13468\t13421\t13481\t13932\t35.00\t35.00\n

Output in HTML:

3583859858.8200040004xxxx0040004 0t194.3 39874 7975 90 62 0.1 194.3 200 35.00 35.00 35.00t194 2.1   12541 12650 13468 13421 13481 13932 35.00 35.00

I tried below solutions to other relevant questions but it did not work

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for escaping backslash, add another backslash after it. like this \\ — hossein, May 11 '18 at 06:58
The text file is generated at runtime . Need to replace the backSlash before the HTML is created — nikhil sukumar, May 11 '18 at 07:04
On reading through similar questions in stack overflow, the concerned text becomes an Octal Escape sequence. Need to handle this sequence — nikhil sukumar, May 11 '18 at 11:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 11 '18 at 07:15

One Solution is to use JAVASCRIPT / JQUERY

Checkout This Demo

var string = '3583859858.8200040004xxxx\00\0200040004\t0\t194.3\t39874\t7975\t90\t62\t0.1\t194.3\t200\t35.00\t35.00\t35.00\t194\t2.1\t12541\t12650\t13468\t13421\t13481\t13932\t35.00\t35.00\n';

$("#result").html(string);

// IF THIS IS NOT WORKING THEN TRY THIS 

var htmlString = string.split("\\");
$("#resultHtml").html(htmlString);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="result"></div>
<br>
<div id="resultHtml"></div>

<!-- Third Solution ** &#160; FOR \t AND &#10; FOR \n-->
<div>3583859858.8200040004xxxx\00\0200040004&#160;0&#160;194.3&#160;39874&#160;7975&#160;90&#160;62&#160;0.1&#160;194.3&#160;200&#160;35.00&#160;35.00&#160;35.00&#160;194&#160;2.1&#160;12541&#160;12650&#160;13468&#160;13421&#160;13481&#160;13932&#160;35.00&#160;35.00&#10;</div>

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Roshana Pitigala · Answer 2 · 2018-05-11T07:12:37.383

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Use html character instead. Replace all backslashes with

&#92;

Example

<span>&#92;t0&#92;t194.3&#92;t39874</span>

edited May 11 '18 at 07:12

answered May 11 '18 at 07:06

Roshana Pitigala

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