How to Append String in Next Line in Javascript
In this tutorial, you will learn how to append string in next line in javascript. The characters that can be used in a string include any combination of letters, numbers, punctuation, and other special characters. Additionally, we add a few line breaks to make strings simpler to understand. For a newbie developer, it can be a bit tricky to append string in next line.
There are numerous ways to append string in next line. But for the sake of simplicity, we will make use of template string which helps in creating a dynamic string by using variables in it.
In the following example, we have some global variables. Upon click of a button, we will append string in next line and display the result on the screen. Please have a look over the code example and the steps given below.
HTML & CSS
- We have 3 elements in the HTML file (
div
,button
, andh1
). Thediv
element is just a wrapper for the rest of the elements. - The
innerText
for thebutton
element is“Add”
and for theh1
element, it is“Result”
. - We have done some basic styling using CSS and added the link to our
style.css
stylesheet inside thehead
element. - We have also included our javascript file
script.js
with ascript
tag at the bottom.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> <title>Document</title> </head> <body> <div class="container"> <button>Add</button> <h1>Result</h1> </div> <script src="script.js"></script> </body> </html>
.container { text-align: center; } button { margin-top: 10px; padding: 10px 20px; }
Javascript
- We have selected the
button
element andh1
element using thedocument.querySelector()
method and stored them inbtnAdd
andoutput
variables respectively. - We have three global variables
str1
,str2
andnewLineChar
where the first two holds a string and the latter holds a new line character (\n
). - We have attached a
click
event listener to thebutton
element. - In the event handler function, we are creating a string dynamically using template literal where we we are using global variables
str1
,str2
andnewLineChar
. - We are storing the final string in the
result
variable. - We are displaying the
result
in theh1
element using theinnerText
property.
let btnAdd = document.querySelector("button"); let output = document.querySelector("h1"); let str1 = "Great just arrived."; let str2 = "He moved in from London."; let newLineChar = "\n"; btnAdd.addEventListener("click", () => { let result = `${str1}${newLineChar}${str2}`; output.innerText = result; });