title: How can I use jquery to display a multiline string text in a span?
body: <p>I have to use jquery to take data and display it in a span that will have it show up on multiple lines?</p>
  
  <pre><code>var myString = "a\r\nb\r\nc\r\n";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and i want it to show up in my page / span as:</p>
  
  <p>a<br>
  b<br>
  c  </p>
  
  <p>instead of:</p>
  
  <p>a b c</p>