New Line In TextArea from c#

Question

I'm working on an ASP.NET application. Text is taken from a database where line breaks are stored as '\r\n' and I'm putting the text into a TextBox with MultiLine enabled. However, I can't seem to get a line break into the TextBox

string description = description.Replace("\\r\\n", "<br/>");
lblDescriptionV.Text = description;

I've tried replacing the line break with: <br/> , 
, 
 but the value is just printed into the texbox. So it'll read: "Line 1<br/>line 2".

Looks like you could check this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5909864/multiline-textbox-multiple-newline — Honza Kovář, Oct 21 '14 at 12:29

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '14 at 11:27

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Replace it with Environment.NewLine

answered Oct 21 '14 at 11:27

Prasanth V J

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TriCron · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-21T11:46:38.683

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<asp:TextBox runat="server" ID="txtArea" TextMode="MultiLine" Rows="10" />

code behind:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    txtArea.Text = "Hello\nThere\nFriend";
}

Therefore you require the following:

string description = "Hello\\r\\nThere\\r\\nFriend";
description = description.Replace("\\r\\n", "\n");

Note: You cannot enter breaks into a label (lblDescriptionV)

edited Oct 21 '14 at 11:46

answered Oct 21 '14 at 11:35

TriCron

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Thanks. A bit odd how everywhere I looked said replace '\n' with this and that. But it works now :) PS. lblDescriptionV is actually a textarea - a little mistake with my naming convention there... – user1662292 Oct 21 '14 at 12:44

New Line In TextArea from c#

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