2 problems

[Palle Christoffersen]

Im trying to make a small news bulletin that other website owners can copy
to their websites

But my problem is that im not good at java.

I have 2 problems:

1. how do i make a line break in the
news[1]="bla bla bla";
So it would appear as
bla bla
bla

2. how do i make a link in
document.write( news[1]);
so it would appear
link bla bla bla

The file is called news.js

***********
news=new Array;

news[1]="bla bla bla";
news[2]="blu blu";
news[3]="bly bly";
news[4]="bla blo";
news[5]="blo bla";

function Shownews() {

document.write( news[1]);
document.write( news[2]);
document.write( news[3]);
document.write( news[4]);
document.write( news[5]);

}

**************

This is what i want other website owners to place on their sites.
*************
<script type="text/javascript" src="news.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
Shownews();
*************

[Lee]

Re: 2 problems

Palle Christoffersen said:[color=blue]
>
>Im trying to make a small news bulletin that other website owners can copy
>to their websites
>
>But my problem is that im not good at java.[/color]

This has nothing to do with Java.
Your problem doesn't even have anything to do with Javascript.
These are purely HTML problems:

[color=blue]
>1. how do i make a line break in the
>news[1]="bla bla bla";
>So it would appear as
>bla bla
>bla[/color]

news[1]="bla bla<br>bla";

[color=blue]
>2. how do i make a link in
>document.write (news[1]);
>so it would appear
>link bla bla bla[/color]

news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>l ink</a> bla bla bla";

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: 2 problems

On Sun, 16 May 2004 22:46:04 +0200, Palle Christoffersen wrote:
[color=blue]
> But my problem is that im not good at java.[/color]

Especially the spelling, it is Java..

Assuming you were writing Java, which
is a different language to Javascript,
and ..no, you're not writing Java.
[color=blue]
> <script type="text/javascript" src="news.js"></script>[/color]

You are writing 'Javascript'.

For a discussion of the differences, check here..
<http://www.dannyg.com/ref/javavsjavascrip t.html>

--
Andrew Thompson
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http://www.PhySci.org/codes/ Web & IT Help
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[Ivo]

Re: 2 problems

"Lee" wrote[color=blue]
> Palle Christoffersen said:[color=green]
> >how do i make a link in
> >document.write (news[1]);
> >so it would appear
> >link bla bla bla[/color]
>
> news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>l ink</a> bla bla bla";[/color]

I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
so:
news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>l ink<\/a> bla bla bla";

Another idea the OP might benefit from, is the link method of strings:

news[1] = 'link'.link() + ' bla bla';

[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> > This is what i want other website owners to place on their sites.
> > *************
> > <script type="text/javascript" src="news.js"></script>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > Shownews();
> > *************[/color][/color]

What would be the difference when you called ShowNews directly? Put it in
the last line of news.js. I think that would run a lot smoother, with a
highly reduced chance of those others messing things up. In the current
situation, Shownews may be called long before news.js has loaded...
HTH
Ivo

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: 2 problems

"Ivo" <no@thank.you > writes:
[color=blue]
> I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
> so:
> news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>l ink<\/a> bla bla bla";[/color]

No. It would need to be escaped inside a Regular Expression literal, and
it needs to be escaped right after a "<" if inside a script tag.
So, the "</\a>" is correct, but the other escapes are not necessary.

/L
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
DHTML Death Colors: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleD OM.html>
'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[Randy Webb]

Re: 2 problems

Lasse Reichstein Nielsen wrote:[color=blue]
> "Ivo" <no@thank.you > writes:
>
>[color=green]
>>I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like
>>so:
>>news[1]="<a href='http:\/\/www.link.com'>l ink<\/a> bla bla bla";[/color]
>
>
> No. It would need to be escaped inside a Regular Expression literal, and
> it needs to be escaped right after a "<" if inside a script tag.
> So, the "</\a>" is correct, but the other escapes are not necessary.[/color]

Except that <\/a> might work better :)

--
Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
comp.lang.javas cript FAQ - http://jibbering.com/faq/

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: 2 problems

Randy Webb <hikksnotathome @aol.com> writes:
[color=blue]
> Except that <\/a> might work better :)[/color]

Obviously. Pah!
/L 'It's late! It's not my fault! I was young and needed the money!'
--
Lasse Reichstein Nielsen - lrn@hotpop.com
DHTML Death Colors: <URL:http://www.infimum.dk/HTML/rasterTriangleD OM.html>
'Faith without judgement merely degrades the spirit divine.'

[Lee]

Re: 2 problems

Ivo said:[color=blue]
>
>"Lee" wrote[color=green]
>> Palle Christoffersen said:[color=darkred]
>> >how do i make a link in
>> >document.write (news[1]);
>> >so it would appear
>> >link bla bla bla[/color]
>>
>> news[1]="<a href='http://www.link.com'>l ink</a> bla bla bla";[/color]
>
>I believe that a / in a string needs to be escaped with a \ these days. Like[/color]

I'm not aware of any browser that requires the escape.
I would hope that any published standard would allow
any text at all to appear within quotes.
What have I missed?