jQuery appending multiple line string

Question

I'm trying to append a string to a HTML element. It works fine when it's a one line string, but when I try to break it apart it stops working.

  <div><h4 >List to do:</h4><span id="added"></span></div>

This doesn't work:

  var addtext = "<ol>
                 <li>Item1</li>
                 <li>Item2</li>
                 </ol>"


                 $("span#added").html(addtext);

Can anyone help to make it work. I want to add a lot of HTML code, and I'd like it to be readable?

Royi Namir · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-07 15:34:49Z

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try this :

var addtext = "<ol>\
                 <li>Item1</li>\
                 <li>Item2</li>\
                 </ol>";

answered Jun 7, 2014 at 15:34

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Cornelius Over a year ago

Yes it works now. Thank you. So I need to escape a <CR>? Didn't know that.

Alin Popa · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-07 15:36:57Z

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var addtext = '<ol><li>Item1</li><li>Item2</li></ol>';

answered Jun 7, 2014 at 15:36

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nicael Over a year ago

It is not multiline string.

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