Replacing Line breaks with BR tags

[steve0710]

I'm new to Java and JSP. I have a field defined as a Text field. The field contains line breaks in it. I am printing this field to the screen and would like to replace the line breaks with HTML BR tags. Could someone help me with the code for this?

I know how to do this in ASP, but haven't been able to figure out how to do it in JSP.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[LeonTang]

Hi,

Maybe this isn't a good way but what you can do is loop through the String and replace it manually. Example:-

String temp = "abc \n bcd";
String temp2 = "";
for (int i=0;i<temp.length();i++)
{
if (temp.charAt(i) == '\n')
temp2 = temp2 + &quot;<br>&quot;;
else
temp2 = temp2 + temp.charAt(i);
}
temp = temp2;

Regards,
Leon If you need additional help, you can email to me at zaoliang@hotmail.com I don't guaranty that I will be able to solve your problems but I will try my best

 

[Guest_imported]

Another way to loop through would be to use a StringBuffer for the replace ...

String text = &quot;This is a test.\nWill this work?\nI do not know.&quot;;

while ( text.indexOf( &quot;\n&quot; ) >= 0 )
text = new StringBuffer( text ).replace(
text.indexOf( &quot;\n&quot; ),
text.indexOf( &quot;\n&quot; ) + 1,
&quot;<br>&quot; ).toString();