replace '\'n in javascript

Question

I\'m trying to do replace in JavaScript using:

r = \"I\\nam\\nhere\";
s = r.replace(\"\\n\",\" \");

But instead of giving me

Answer 1

You can use:

var s = r.replace(/\n/g,' ').replace(/\r/g,' ');

because diferents SO use diferents ways to set a "new line", for example: Mac Unix Windows, after this, you can use other function to normalize white spaces.