I want to use the Replace function in VBScript to replace all line breaks in a string for "\n". I come from Java, so using \n inside a string means a line break.
Is there an equivalent in VBScript?
6 Answers
For replace you can use vbCrLf:
Replace(string, vbCrLf, "")
You can also use chr(13)+chr(10).
I seem to remember in some odd cases that chr(10) comes before chr(13).
This page has a table of string constants including vbCrLf
vbCrLf| Chr(13) & Chr(10) | Carriage return–linefeed combination
As David and Remou pointed out, vbCrLf if you want a carriage-return-linefeed combination. Otherwise, Chr(13) and Chr(10) (although some VB-derivatives have vbCr and vbLf; VBScript may well have those, worth checking before using Chr).
Tried and tested. I know that this works:
Replace(EmailText, vbNewLine, "<br>")
i.e. vbNewLine is also the equivalent of \n
I had to use vbLf only in an ASP script where the original data was POSTed from a PHP script on a cPanel box over to ASP on a win server
(VBScript)
EmailText = Replace(EmailText, vbLf, "<br>")
I think it's vbcrlf.
replace(s, vbcrlf, "<br />")
