Display formatted raw html with jquery

Question

I have a place where I am trying to show code in a text area. I have dumbed down the example but basically user can input some fields, click a button, and the code snippet

Answer 1

just use

and add \n and space according to the needed layout

edit:

you can also write

var mySnippet =
"
\n\
   
\n\
   
\n\
";