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How to insert a newline character after every 200 characters with jQuery

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I have a textbox that I use to insert some information. I want to insert a newline character after every 200 characters using jQuery or JavaScript.

For instance:

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

In this example, I want to insert a newline chracter after every 200 characters. How can I do this?

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answered 14 Years ago kristinsonjab · Accepted Answer

Break the string after every 200 characters, add a newline, and repeat this process with the remaining string:

function addNewlines(str) {

  var result = '';

  while (str.length > 0) {

    result += str.substring(0, 200) + 'n';

    str = str.substring(200);

  }

  return result;

}