Javascript Removing Whitespace When It Shouldn't?

Question

I have a HTML file that has code similar to the following.

<table>
    <tr>
    <td id="MyCell">Hello  World</td>
    </tr>
</table>

I am using javascript like the following to get the value

document.getElementById(cell2.Element.id).innerText

This returns the text "Hello World" with only 1 space between hello and world. I MUST keep the same number of spaces, is there any way for that to be done?

I've tried using innerHTML, outerHTML and similar items, but I'm having no luck.

Answer 1

HTML is white space insensititive which means your DOM is too. Would wrapping your "Hello World" in pre block work at all?

Answer 2

In HTML,any spaces >1 are ignored, both in displaying text and in retrieving it via the DOM. The only guaranteed way to maintain spaces it to use a non-breaking space  .