why do new lines with a \ n and embedded in double quotes not give the results I.e. no new line in perl?

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why do new lines with a \ n and embedded in double quotes not give the results I.e. no new line in perl?

2007-02-05 05:33:27 · 2 answers · asked by marvivjoe 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design

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print "

","foo\nbar","

";

returns are ignored by the browsers when serving html... if you served the file as text, you would see it!

print qq{
now
is
the
time...};

would also not work!

2007-02-05 06:15:24 · answer #1 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Insufficient data. Can you show us the line of code in question? I'm assuming that space in "\ n" isn't there in your code. Also, if you're outputting to the browser via CGI, you need to use HTML (
) to get a new line; browsers don't display line breaks.

2007-02-05 13:51:49 · answer #2 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋