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String escape sequences

Escape sequences allow you to parse string literals in JavaScript for special characters/ formatting, such as newlines within a TEXTATEA's input. Below lists these escape sequences:

Escape sequences

Examples

Adding newlines (line breaks) when alerting text

alert("Welcome to JavaScript Kit\nEnjoy your stay!")

Adding quotes within a string

var myquote="George said \"Life is like a box of chocolates\""

Examining the contents of a TEXTAREA, line by line

<textarea id="holder">
This is line 1
This is line 2
This is line 3
</textarea>

<script type="text/javascript">
var containertext=document.getElementById("holder").value.split("\n") //Store each line of textarea as array element
alert(containertext[2]) //alerts "This is line 3
</script>