JS. How to detect backslash in multiline text

Question

I want to print multiline text in the same format, in 2 lines but can't detect backslash used in the orginal text!!

var text = "some text in line 1\
more text in line 2"

for (let i=0; i<text.length; i++)
if (text[i] == "\\")
document.write("<br>")
else
document.write(text[i])

document.write(text) misses newlines & spaces!!

Answer 1

Abhay Thx, but I see that backslash is totally ignored, disappeared.
Try: text.length
https://code.sololearn.com/Wc2sBvdzHni7/?ref=app

Answer 2

It replaces "\" with a space. You can use text[i].charCodeAt(0) to check the ascii value of each character . That's how i came to know thar "\" is replaced by a space!

Edit: Janusz Bujak 🇵🇱 sorry and ty for letting me know , just realised that it isn't replacing backslash with space but it is ignored completely !