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HTML
<div id="s"></div>
<p>
***
</p>
<div id="t" data-txt="this is it\nand done"></div>
JavaScript
var ele = document.getElementById("s");
var txt = "this is it \n and done";
ele.innerText = txt;
ele = document.getElementById("t");
txt = ele.getAttribute("data-txt").replace(/\\n/,'<br>');
ele.innerHTML = txt;