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Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:10 am**

Hello everyone,
I am working with Mod Harbour and have noticed that in my JavaScript code \\n causes a line break,
while \n leads to an error. Is this a known behavior in Mod Harbour, or could there be another reason for it?
Has anyone had similar experiences or can give me a tip on how to handle this?
Best regards,
Otto

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:59 am**

Dear Otto,

Could you please provide a small code example to review it ?

thanks

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:46 am**

Dear Antonio,
"\n" -> "\\n" OK

Here is my test code. If I change the line to:
keysString += key + ": " + value + "\\n";
it works fine.

If I run it with keysString += key + ": " + value + "\n"; in HTML, all works fine.

Best regards,
Otto

Code: Select all Expand view: REQUEST DBFCDX REQUEST DBFFPT function main TEMPLATE <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="de"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Key Anzeiger</title> <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <div class="container mt-5"> <h2>oRequest Schlüssel Anzeiger</h2> <button id="showKeysBtn" class="btn btn-primary">Schlüssel anzeigen</button> <ul id="keysList" class="list-group mt-3"> </ul> </div> <script> $(document).ready(function() { var oRequest = { "FILEXPLORE": "Wert1", "ANOTHERKEY": "Wert2", "YETANOTHERKEY": "Wert3" // Weitere Schlüssel... }; $('#showKeysBtn').click(function() { var keysString = ""; $.each(oRequest, function(key, value) { keysString += key + ": " + value + "\n"; }); alert(keysString); }); }); </script> </body> </html> ENDTEXT return INIT PROCEDURE PrgInit SET CENTURY ON SET EPOCH TO YEAR(DATE())-98 SET DELETED ON SET EXCLUSIVE OFF REQUEST HB_Lang_DE HB_LangSelect("DE") SET DATE TO GERMAN rddsetdefault( "DBFCDX" ) EXTERN DESCEND RETURN //----------------------------------------------------------------------------//

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:38 pm**

Dear Otto,
I think \n leads to an error because the backslash is an escape character in javascript.
according to chatgpt :-)

... when used in a string, the \ expects to be followed by another character to form the escape sequence.
So \\n is needed in this case I suppose.
kind regards
ruth

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:55 pm**

Dear Ruth,
the problem is that \n in JS works in a html file but not in a mod harblur prg file.

Please copy the HTML part into a HTML file and test.
Best regards,
Otto

Posted: **Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:43 pm**

...oh...yes...I see and I can confirm this...
next time I will also read the heading of the forum-post -> sorry :-)

kind regards
ruth

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