CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#asp.net
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Reputation: 22323

Replace issue in asp.net

My string is Following:

string mystring ="Test1234\r\ntest1234\r\ntest1234\r\ntest dhjfadhdfsfdsjfdf";

It comes from a database and I want to display it in a label as usual format. So, I want to replace \r\n to <br>.

I tried using NewString= mystring .Replace('\r\n','<br>');, but it didn't work.

I got the following error

To many characters in character literal`.If this is not a correct way to do suggest.Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (2)

Shai
Shai

Reputation: 25619

Thats because you're using '. you need to use ".

Anyhow, Label does not format HTML tags, which means, <br /> will look like <br /> and not like a new line.

for that, you need to use either a span or a div or anything similar.

You can replace your Label with a span:

<span id="span1" runat="server" />

and then use

span1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("your string here with html tags"));

Upvotes: 0

jamesmillerio
jamesmillerio

Reputation: 3204

Try this instead, replacing the single quotes with double quotes: 

var NewString= mystring.Replace("\r\n","<br>");

Using single quotes indicates that you are going to specify a char instead of a string. You then passed in a string literal consisting of two characters ( the \r and the \n) rather than a single character, causing the error.

Upvotes: 2

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