multiple lines document.write

[jonplackett]

hi guys.

does anyone know if it's possible to use document.write() to output multiple lines instead of having to put it at the beginning of every new line.

ie.
document.write('line 1')
document.write('line 2')
document.write('line 3')

thanks

[Bernard Marx]

You have a few choices. The code you posted doesn't actually write new lines into the code. To do that you need to use writeln. Since the formatting of the code doesn't make any difference to the result, this doesn't matter.

So how about:

document.write(
   'line1'
  +'line2'
  +'line3'    
)

If you really want linebreaks in the code, either:

document.write(
   'line1' + '\n'
  +'line2' + '\n'
  +'line3' + '\n'   
)

..or use a single string, and escape the linebreak in the input.

document.write(
'line1\
line2\
line3'    
)

This can be fiddly, so it may not be worth it.