How to create string with multiple spaces in JavaScript

By creating a variable

var a = 'something' + ' ' + 'something'


I get this value: 'something something'.

'something something'

How can I create a string with multiple spaces on it in JavaScript?

xa0

3 Answers
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Use xa0 - it is a NO-BREAK SPACE char.

xa0

Reference from UTF-8 encoding table and Unicode characters, you can write as below:

var a = 'something' + 'xa0xa0xa0xa0xa0xa0xa0' + 'something';


Use  

 

It is the entity used to represent a non-breaking space. It is essentially a standard space, the primary difference being that a browser should not break (or wrap) a line of text at the point that this   occupies.

var a = 'something' + '&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp' + 'something'


A common character entity used in HTML is the non-breaking space ( ).

Remember that browsers will always truncate spaces in HTML pages. If you write 10 spaces in
your text, the browser will remove 9 of them. To add real spaces to your text,
you can use the  
character entity.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_entities.asp

Demo

var a = 'something' + '&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp' + 'something';

document.body.innerHTML = a;

You can use the <pre> tag with innerHTML. The HTML <pre> element represents preformatted text which is to be presented exactly as written in the HTML file. The text is typically rendered using a non-proportional ("monospace") font. Whitespace inside this element is displayed as written. If you don't want a different font, simply add pre as a selector in your CSS file and style it as desired.

<pre>

<pre>

pre

Ex:

var a = '<pre>something something</pre>';
document.body.innerHTML = a;


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