inserting special symbols

hmcka

03-08-2012, 02:20 AM

Hey. Yes, I'm just starting at the beginning and what I'm trying to understand today is adding special characters such as line break, quotes, etc. into Javascript. I'm missing something, however. Can someone please assist?

What I'm trying to do is add a line break without having it show /n on the screen.

My Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Exercise 6-20</title>
</head>

<body><pre>
********* *** * *\n
* * * * *** * *\n
* * * * ***** * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
* * * * * * *\n
********* *** * * *\n

</pre>
</body>

</html>

Thank you,
H

webdev1958

03-08-2012, 02:25 AM

just remove the \n and use the keyboard's Enter key to create the line break.

<body>
<pre>
********* *** * *
* * * * *** * *
* * * * ***** * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
* * * * * * *
********* *** * * *
</pre>
</body>works in IE9

Haven't tested other browsers

hmcka

03-08-2012, 02:47 AM

K. It works in Firefox also.

So... if that's the case, why use /n ? What's that for?

webdev1958

03-08-2012, 02:56 AM

The <pre> element maintains line breaks and spaces in its content.

You can use \n to insert line breaks in dynamically created strings that are not contained in a <pre> for example.