Storing Line Break Character In Variable

[Guerrilla 19]

I have hit a snag in a loop I am making to monitor list of stuff that went wrong and then display the list in an alert box at the end.

 

The problem is that to break the line in the alert box I need to use the charachter "\\n" as using "\n" stops the javascript from working (I am not sure why this is).

 

This isn't a problem if I am just running it from a single command such as:

 

alert("The Errors Were \\n Error 1 \\n Error 2 \\n Error 3");

 

But when I construct the error message from the list that holds all the error messages the "\\n" gets transformed into "\n".

 

For instance if I did:

 

SET #variable
$eval
a = "line 1 \\n line 2"

 

the variable "#variable" would actually be "line 1 \n line 2". So if you try and output it as a message in javascript like:

 

alert("{1})";

 

Then it doesn't work as the "\n" is breaking it.

 

The whole logic for what I am trying to achieve is this:

 

#count = 0

WHILE $list_total > #count
 {
  SET #message
    $eval (#message, $list_value(#count))
      a = "{1}" + "{2}\\n";
  }

RUN JAVASCRIPT (#message)
  alert("{1}");

 

Basically a simple loop that iterates over each list item and adds it to my #message variable so it can be displayed at the end of the process.

 

The only thing that is messing me up is the fact that "\n" stops the javascript alert working and if you pass "\\n" to a variable it comes back as "\n" when you call that variable in the javascript code.

 

I tried "\\\\n" and it ends up inserting an actual carriage return in the code which means it all appears on one line.

 

I have a workaround if just having the error message all appearing on one line with commas but it irks me. Anyone know a way round this?

 

Thanks

[Net66 54]

Again just a guess here....

 

What happens if you call the javascript using single quotes?

 

So..

alert('{1}');

 

I am more of a php guy than javascript but I know in php single quotes don't need to have things escaped. My last guess was OK so might be worth a shot

 

Andy

[Guerrilla 19]

Nope. It's weird. "\n" break the javascript whether its in '' or "".

[Guerrilla 19]

I been trying several things as a workaround. One thing I tried was replacing carriage returns with a placeholder to be replaced inside the code with a regex but I am getting this exception:

[Guerrilla 19]

bump

[Guerrilla 19]

Can this thread be moved to support please as its not getting any joy here?

[UBotBuddy 331]

Guerrilla,

 

Go here and place your ticket http://support.ubotstudio.com

 

In my opinion I think this should go to Enhancements but let's try this first.

[Seth Turin 223]

maybe try putting all the strings in an array, and then using

 

alert(errorarray.join("\n"))

[Guerrilla 19]

Thanks Seth, that will work.

[UBotBuddy 331]

Guerrilla,

 

When you finally get this working would you mind posting an example bot showing it in action?

 

This would be a GREAT share for the whole community here. Maybe place it in the area "Bots - Buy, Borrow, Steal".

 

Thanks!

[Guerrilla 19]

Yeah I can do. Will work on it once I finish the sub im working on at the moment.