title: Replace "\n" in EL
body: <p>In a JSP file I wanto to replace newlines (<code>\n</code>) with <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code>. I tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>${fn:replace(someString, '\n', '&lt;br /&gt;')}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But I get an error <code>'\n' ecnountered, was expeting one of...</code></p>
  
  <p>Which I guess it means the parser doesn't like something like this.</p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to do something like this using EL?</p>