When parsing an xmlstring, the \r\n is lost. How to solve that?
//Example
var string = "<x y=\"line1\r\nline2\"></x>",
xml = $.parseXML(string),
y = xml.documentElement.getAttribute("y");
//Now y is missing the \r\n.
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Niels Steenbeek
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Use escape `\\` for each `\r` `\n` – Java_User Feb 21 '14 at 11:36
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@Java_User thanks. That works. I'm getting the value from an textarea, so expected the escaping is done by them. A setAttribute on xml works without escaping. Lessons learned and thanks again. – Niels Steenbeek Feb 21 '14 at 11:45
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That's great!. Glad I could help. – Java_User Feb 21 '14 at 11:55
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Also see this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2004386/how-to-save-newlines-in-xml-attribute – Tomalak Feb 21 '14 at 12:58
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A line break in an attribute value is meaningless.
<foo bar="line1
line2" />
is really equivalent to:
<foo bar="line1 line2" />
Encode your attribute value like this instead:
<foo bar="line1
line2" />
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