Submitting Text Areas

//File: index.html
<HTML>
    <HEAD>
        <TITLE>Submitting Text Areas</TITLE>
    </HEAD>
 
    <BODY>
        <H1>Submitting Text Areas</H1>
        <FORM ACTION="formAction.jsp" METHOD="POST">
            Please enter your text:
            <BR>
            <TEXTAREA NAME="textarea1" ROWS="5"></TEXTAREA>
            <BR>
            <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Submit">
        </FORM>
    </BODY>
<HTML>
      
//File: formAction.jsp      
<HTML>
    <HEAD>
        <TITLE>Reading Text Areas</TITLE>
    </HEAD>

    <BODY>
        <H1>Reading Text Areas</H1>
        You typed:
        <BR>
        <%
        StringBuffer text = new StringBuffer(request.getParameter("textarea1"));
  
        int loc = (new String(text)).indexOf('\n');
        while(loc > 0){
            text.replace(loc, loc+1, "<BR>");
            loc = (new String(text)).indexOf('\n');
       }
       out.println(text); 
       %>
    </BODY>
</HTML>

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