String replace \n with <br/> not working

Im current开发者_如何学运维ly loading some text through XML via my doc class - this text contains \n tags

XML example:

What im looking to do is replace \n in my string with

I've tried a few things:

string = string.split("\n").join('<br/>');

and

string = string.replace("\n","<br/>");

However tracing out string afterwards, or just seeing what myTextField.htmlText = string; displays, I still see the \n tags

Any ideas?

Code illustrated:

// The string which contains the XML loaded content
var string:String;

var myTextField:TextField = new TextField();
myTextField.defaultTextFormat = myFormat;
myTextField.width = 300;
myTextField.border = false;
myTextField.embedFonts = true;
myTextField.multiline = true;
myTextField.wordWrap = true;
myTextField.selectable = false;

myTextField.htmlText = string;

addChild(myTextField);

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You want:

string = string.replace(/\n/g, "<br>");

This will replace all newlines with <br>.

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I believe you want:

str = str.replace("\\n", "\n");

OR the following applies to all instances:

str = str.split("\\n").join("\n");

Try that

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The solution above didnt work for me

string = string.replace(/\n/g, "<br>");

I was able to do the same thing this way

string = string.replace(new RegExp(String.fromCharCode(13), "<br>");

im using flash cs6-as3

hopefully this helps if the other doesnt work for you