2 problems

[Palle Christoffersen]

Im trying to make a small news bulletin that other website owners can copy
to their websites

But my problem is that im not good at java.

I have 2 problems:

1. how do i make a line break in the
news[1]="bla bla bla";
So it would appear as
bla bla
bla

2. how do i make a link in
document.write(news[1]);
so it would appear
link bla bla bla

The file is called news.js

***********
news=new Array;

news[1]="bla bla bla";
news[2]="blu blu";
news[3]="bly bly";
news[4]="bla blo";
news[5]="blo bla";

function Shownews() {

document.write(news[1]);
document.write(news[2]);
document.write(news[3]);
document.write(news[4]);
document.write(news[5]);

}

**************

This is what i want other website owners to place on their sites.
*************
<script type="text/javascript" src="news.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
Shownews();
*************

 

[Lee]

Palle Christoffersen said:

Im trying to make a small news bulletin that other website owners can copy
to their websites

But my problem is that im not good at java.

This has nothing to do with Java.
Your problem doesn't even have anything to do with Javascript.
These are purely HTML problems:

1. how do i make a line break in the
news[1]="bla bla bla";
So it would appear as
bla bla
bla

2. how do i make a link in
document.write(news[1]);
so it would appear
link bla bla bla

news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>link</a> bla bla bla";

 

[Ivo]

Palle Christoffersen said:

how do i make a link in
document.write(news[1]);
so it would appear
link bla bla bla

news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>link</a> bla bla bla";

I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
so:
news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>link<\/a> bla bla bla";

Another idea the OP might benefit from, is the link method of strings:

news[1] = 'link'.link() + ' bla bla';


What would be the difference when you called ShowNews directly? Put it in
the last line of news.js. I think that would run a lot smoother, with a
highly reduced chance of those others messing things up. In the current
situation, Shownews may be called long before news.js has loaded...
HTH
Ivo

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
so:
news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>link<\/a> bla bla bla";

No. It would need to be escaped inside a Regular Expression literal, and
it needs to be escaped right after a "<" if inside a script tag.
So, the "</\a>" is correct, but the other escapes are not necessary.

/L

 

[Randy Webb]

I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
so:
news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>link<\/a> bla bla bla";

No. It would need to be escaped inside a Regular Expression literal, and
it needs to be escaped right after a "<" if inside a script tag.
So, the "</\a>" is correct, but the other escapes are not necessary.

Except that <\/a> might work better

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Except that <\/a> might work better

Obviously. Pah!
/L 'It's late! It's not my fault! I was young and needed the money!'

 

[Lee]

Ivo said:

Palle Christoffersen said:

how do i make a link in
document.write(news[1]);
so it would appear
link bla bla bla

news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>link</a> bla bla bla";

I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like

I'm not aware of any browser that requires the escape.
I would hope that any published standard would allow
any text at all to appear within quotes.
What have I missed?