Sometimes, we want to escape a JSON string containing newline characters using JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to escape a JSON string containing newline characters using JavaScript.
How to escape a JSON string containing newline characters using JavaScript?
To escape a JSON string containing newline characters using JavaScript, we can call string replace to replace various characters.
For instance, we write
const escape = (str) => {
return str
.replace(/[\\]/g, "\\\\")
.replace(/[\"]/g, '\\"')
.replace(/[\/]/g, "\\/")
.replace(/[\b]/g, "\\b")
.replace(/[\f]/g, "\\f")
.replace(/[\n]/g, "\\n")
.replace(/[\r]/g, "\\r")
.replace(/[\t]/g, "\\t");
};
to replace the unescaped characters in the first argument with the escaped characters in the 2nd.
Conclusion
To escape a JSON string containing newline characters using JavaScript, we can call string replace to replace various characters.
