How do I format Ajax impored text

Hi everyone,

What do I use to add linebreaks in text that I import from a json file?

When I use "some text" & newline the import breaks.

Hi everyone,

What do I use to add linebreaks in text that I import from a json file?

When I use "some text" & newline the import breaks.

You can use tokenat to put line breaks into your text.

So if your separator is "|" put that character in your text where you want line breaks. Then you can say something like:

set text to: tokenat("some text",0,"|")&newline&tokenat("some text",1,"|")

Artpunk Good idea, thanks!

Artpunk

hm, so here I am trying to replace placeholder characters with linebreaks in my imported array.

I seem to not get the syntax right, what I do is:

On Ajax import complete:

for each X element: set value at LOOPINDEX to replace( str(Array.At(LOOPINDEX), "|", "&newline&" )

not sure about array expressions ... can someone enlighten me, what's wrong here?

It's easier to use replace() expression:

Set s to "Hi there!^How are you?^Take a seat."

Set s to replace(s, "^", newline)

hey dop2000 !

yeah, thats what i do, i just now figured out what i had missed: I am in fact using two dimensions, hence i needed to fix the index.

new problem now, to insert a linebreak in a string i need to interrupt the string.

how do i get quotes attached before and after &newline& ?

I don't understand your question. Why do you need quotes?

Your source string is this:

sourceString= "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.&newline&Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.&newline&Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.&newline&Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum."

You do

set targetString to replace(sourceString, "&newline&", newline)

And when you display targetString on the screen, there should be line breaks where needed.