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previewR: Shows what you type in an input-field or in a textarea.
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annotated.js
function(
a, // An input element (textarea, input)
b, // The element to hold the output
c // content-placeholder
) {
c = // Put everything in a variable for a valid returning
b.innerHTML = // Write in the given element
a.value // Get the current content from input element
.replace(/\n/g, '<br>'); // Replace linebreaks
return c; // Return the replaced content
}
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index.js
function(a,b,c){c=b.innerHTML=a.value.replace(/\n/g,'<br>');return c}
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LICENSE.txt
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2012 Yannick Albert <http://yckart.com>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
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package.json
{
"name": "previewR",
"description": "Shows what you type in an input-field or in a textarea.",
"keywords": [
"textarea",
"input",
"preview"
]
}
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test.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>previewR: Shows what you type in an input-field or in a textarea.</title>
<div>Expected value: <b>A short line of text for a better interpretation.</b></div>
<div>Actual value: <b id="ret"></b></div>
<textarea id="textarea" cols="25" rows="5"></textarea>
<script>
var previewR=function(a,b,c){c=b.innerHTML=a.value.replace(/\n/g,'<br>');return c};
document.onkeyup = function() {
previewR(document.getElementById('textarea'), document.getElementById('ret'))
};
</script>
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atk commented Sep 17, 2012

RegExp shorthand:

function(a,b,c){c=b.innerHTML=a.value.replace(/\n/g,"<br>");return c};

I suggest you also translate < to <, because otherwise anyone could insert arbitrary html.

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atk commented Sep 17, 2012

github doesn't do so in its comments ;-) I meant you should translate < to &lt;

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