I have a variable in JavaScript that contains the contents of an html textarea. When I print the variable all that were entered by the user are forgotten. Is there any way to find the spaces in the string so I can separate each line?
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I have a variable in JavaScript that contains the contents of an html textarea. When I print the variable all that were entered by the user are forgotten. Is there any way to find the spaces in the string so I can separate each line?
HTML collapses adjacent whitespace – so if you are displaying within HTML, that’s what you are seeing.
You can replace spaces with non break spaces:
– this will ensure they are displayed in HTML and not collapsed.Another option is to place them in a
<pre>element