HTML textarea to javascript and keep line break

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I am trying to pass a HTML <textarea> through JavaScript, and want to keep the line breaks. Ex when I write:

Line a
Line b

It comes out as:

Line a Line b

My code:

function textwrite(){
  thetext = document.getElementById("text_change").value;    
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = thetext;
}
<textarea id='text_change' oninput='textwrite()'></textarea>
    
<p id="demo"></p>

And I don't want to use <pre> tag.

line-breaks textarea javascript
3 Answers

Use white-space:

The white-space CSS property sets how white space inside an element is handled.

with value pre-wrap where

Sequences of white space are preserved. Lines are broken at newline characters, at <br>, and as necessary to fill line boxes.

function textwrite(){
  thetext = document.getElementById("text_change").value;    
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = thetext;
}
#demo { white-space: pre-wrap; }
<textarea id='text_change' oninput='textwrite()'></textarea>
    
<p id="demo"></p>

user_74613810

Replace \n,\r,\n\r with </br> in java script:

var myLineBreak = thetext.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g,"</br>");


function textwrite(){
     thetext = document.getElementById("text_change").value;  
      var myLineBreak = thetext.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g,"</br>");

     document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myLineBreak;
    }
<textarea id='text_change' oninput='textwrite()'></textarea>
    
    <p id="demo"></p>

user_10819090

To do that, first set the multiline property of the textBox to true and then include at the end of each line this: "\r\n"

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