Why can't I store multi line values into a JavaScript literal? [duplicate]

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a more graceful multi-line javascript string method
Multiline strings in Javascript

window.lastSavedContents = "test

tester";

That's my JavaScript Code. I get a firebug error saying:

unterminated string literal [Break On This Error] window.lastSavedContents = "test

Answer 1

Indeed; that's simply not valid syntax. Use "\n" to represent a newline:

window.lastSavedContents = "test\n\ntester";