set a text from a java object with new lines to a javascript variable in JSP

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Published on 2010-03-21T15:24:20Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 15:31 UTC
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Hi,

I've a Java String with new lines(\n), say for example

String value = "This is a variable\n\nfrom\nJava";

Now I've to set this to a Javascript variable in a JSP file,

<script>var val = '<%= value %>';</script>

But because of the new lines in the above line, I'm getting javascript error "Unterminated String".

Please help me.

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