Hi!<br><br>I have a problem with the out.write(String) function. I use Javascripts on the client side that are somewhat generated by a JSP page. Simplified example:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><script><br> document.all.divTest.body.innerHTML = ' <% out.write(strTest); %>'<br></script></font><br><br>This works fine when strTest is a short string like "Hello World", but it will not work if it includes when it includes linebreakes etc. Then the client script looks something like this:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><script><br> document.all.divTest.body.innerHTML = '<table><tr><br> <td>Test</td><br> </tr></table>'<br></script></font><br><br>which obviously generates an error. Can anyone think of a good solution to this problem. Thanks!<br><br>Galilee<br>
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Problem with the out.write function
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Galilee,<br><br>> which obviously generates an error<br><br>It's not obvious! Did the result of your out.write() call not produce the expected text in the html file?<br><br>If you are using JSP then you might want to do this:<br><br><script><br> document.all.divTest.body.innerHTML = "<%=strTest%>"<br></script><br><br>But I don't believe it solves whatever problem you are having.<br><br>-pete<br><br>
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It obviously generates an error because a string can span multiple lines in javascript. It will then look for a " at the end of the first line.<br><br>Instead of:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><script><br> document.all.divTest.body.innerHTML = '<table><tr><br> <td>Test</td><br> </tr></table>'<br></script></font><br><br>I need the output of the write (or another function) to be something like:<br><br><FONT FACE=monospace><script><br> document.all.divTest.body.innerHTML = '<table><tr>\n<td>Test</td>\n</tr></table>'<br></script></font><br><br>Galilee
Dear Galilee,<br><br>Thanks for helping me see the problem. duh!<br><br>Anyway here is what you need the string to look like, I don't know how it is being generated so I'm not sure what it will take for you to make it look like this:<br><br>"<table><tr>\\n<td>Test</td>\\n</tr></table>"<br><br>You need to 'escape' all the backslash characters because they are 'escape' characters <redundant> ;o)<br><br>Hope this helps<br>-pete<br><br>
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