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Asked: 2026-06-14T21:36:23+00:00

I’ve read several posts on this subject, but none which properly worked I’m trying

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I’ve read several posts on this subject, but none which properly worked
I’m trying to replace the hard returns in a text area with <br/> on button click.

Is this possible? Here is what I have currently:

<script>
$('document').ready(function () {
$('#button').click(function(){  
$('#y').val().replace(/\r\n/g, "</p><br/><p>&nbsp; ");
var y = '<p>&nbsp; '+$('#y').val()+'</p>';
console.log(y)
});
});
</script>

<TEXTAREA id="y" ROWS="3" COLS="25">
</TEXTAREA>
<br><br>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" id="button">
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  1. Editorial Team

    use /\n/g instead of /\r\n/g. You only need to match \n not \n when preceded by a \r. You also need to store the result because .replace() returns the result (it doesn’t apply it to the current value). So:

    var textWithBreaks = $('#y').val().replace(/\n/g, '<br />');
var y = '<p>&nbsp; '+textWithbreaks+'</p>';

    follow-up example: http://jsfiddle.net/qTpm6/

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