escape sequence

[robokopf]

hi guys, i'm just starting on javascript and i've got a question about escape sequence and using them together with the document.write. here's a sample code that i have

document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+name+'</font>');document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+age+'</font>');

i was wondering how to i add in the \n - new line escape sequence? thanks in advance

[scott100]

I don't think it's possible to use \n within a document.writeIn, probably because you are writing html to the page and \n is not markup language. To create a new line use the <br /> tag.document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+name+'</font><br />');document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+age+'</font>');You can use \n for things like alert messages, this would insert a new line:alert("I am on \ntwo lines");<font> tag is out of date - check out css for modern techniques.

[robokopf]

I don't think it's possible to use \n within a document.writeIn, probably because you are writing html to the page and \n is not markup language. To create a new line use the <br /> tag.document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+name+'</font><br />');document.writeln('<font size=3 face=verdana>'+age+'</font>');You can use \n for things like alert messages, this would insert a new line:alert("I am on \ntwo lines");<font> tag is out of date - check out css for modern techniques.

hi scott100, thanks for the reply and the tip. works perfectly now. thanks a lot