I have Q1, Q2 and Q3 all ask for a certain symptom to be present, yes or no. Then I have a hidden question Q4, which constructs a string like this:
{if(Q1 == 'Y', 'symptom 1<br />',''}{if(Q2 == 'Y', 'symptom 2<br />',''}{if(Q3 == 'Y', 'symptom 3<br />','')}
The next couple of questions recall the string constructed in Q4, i.e. Q5: 'The symptoms are:{Q4.NAOK}'

Now, if the questions are displayed on the same page, in Q5 etc. every <br /> gives a line break as wanted. But I need the questions to be displayed one by one and then the <br/> does not insert a line break but is literaly displayed as part of the string.

I also tried to use the \n in combination with nl2br(), but this does'nt work at all.

Can anyone please help me out?

Try using HTML entities and the entity_decode() function - www.limesurvey.org/manual/Expression_Man...#Access_to_Functions


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Thanks for your reply. I tried this solution but again the HTML-tag is literally shown. The output is:
The symptoms are symptom 2<br />symptom 3<br />

Working survey attached.

Try disabling the WYSIWYG editor when modifying that question. Perhaps the editor is converting the HTML entities back to tags.

Thanks for your help again. My problem is that when (in your sample questionnaire) you make boilerPlate1 an (hidden) equation and then recall boilerPlate1 in later questions, the linebreaks have been disappeared. I'd like to recall 'boilerPlate1' because there is a number of questions where I need a list of symptoms and in the real questionnaire this list is quiet long.
I attached my testsurvey.

Okay, how about this?

1) Place something like this in your equation question (let's call it equation1):
2) And where you want to display it:
New sample survey:

It works ! Thank you very much for your help.
best regards,
Liselot