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If you are viewing the output as HTML, then you can use the &lt;PRE&gt; tags around it:<br />
<br />
&lt;PRE&gt;<br />
hi<br />
my<br />
name<br />
is<br />
&lt;/pre&gt;<br />
<br />
This will keep the returns when viewed by in a browser.
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If you are viewing the output as HTML, then you can use the <PRE> tags around it:

<PRE>
hi
my
name
is
</pre>

This will keep the returns when viewed by in a browser.

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That worked great. Use it as an answer so that you can get full points.
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That worked great. Use it as an answer so that you can get full points.

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I am using a text area to send some information, but it won't hold the returns.<br />
<br />
Example:<br />
--------------------<br />
Input:<br />
hi<br />
my<br />
name<br />
is<br />
<br />
Output:<br />
hi my name is<br />
--------------------<br />
<br />
How can I get it to keep the returns?
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I am using a text area to send some information, but it won't hold the returns.

Example:
--------------------
Input:
hi
my
name
is

Output:
hi my name is
--------------------

How can I get it to keep the returns?

keeping returns when info sent with text area

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information to be displayed in a web browser, providing both the structure and content for what is sent from a web server through the use of tags. The current implementation of the HTML specification is HTML5.