JavaScript Error because of rendered velocity line-break -

i use javascript-code in velocity-template , it's not working!

i read content template , want set js-variable, there line-breaks in content , following error:

syntaxerror: unterminated string literal

in rendered code there see error:

var exampletext = 'this first line  , second line.'; 

in original code written way:

    var exampletext = '$question.answer.data'; var regularpanels = new a.panel( {      bodycontent: exampletext,      collapsible: true,      collapsed: true,     headercontent: '$question.data' } ) .render('#regularpanels$counter$reserved-article-id.data$randomnamespace');    }); 

is there possibility ignore linebreak js-compilation, still show on complete rendered page?

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okay, solved of escapetool velocity.

combined answer emiliocai it's following code works fine:

<div id="example-text" style="display:none;">    <p>$escapetool.java($question.answer.data).replace("\n","<br />")</p> </div>  <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">  aui().ready('aui-panel', function(a) {   var exampletext = document.getelementbyid('example-text').innerhtml; var regularpanels = new a.panel( {      bodycontent: exampletext,      collapsible: true,      collapsed: true,     headercontent: '$question.data' } ) .render('#regularpanels$counter$reserved-article-id.data$randomnamespace');    });  </script> 

it might be, work without hidden <div>-tag, haven't tested yet.

so possible be:

var exampletext = '$escapetool.java($question.answer.data).replace("\n","<br />")'; 

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tested -> works!

i'm sorry newlines not acceptable in javascript, not sure how template looks if cannot replace newlines \n or <br> can trick:

• in template render contents coming database hidden div:

  <div id="example-text" style="display:none">$question.answer.data</div>

• in javascript code read contents of div variable:

  var exampletext = document.getelementbyid('example-text').innerhtml;