Replacing hyphen with line break

Hi,
In my application I want to replace the hyphen with line break
. I am using APEX4.0
I am using the following javascript code:
<html>
<script type="text/javascript">
function test()
var visitorName = "<br/>";
var myOldString = "&P2_SI.";
var myNewString = myOldString.replace(/-/g, visitorName);
</script>
</html>
I have no clue how to get it executed and make the javascript work.... can someone help?

My application is a online test.. One of the question in Page 3 is to re-arrange the sentence that is in the form of bullets. In the text area, as there are no formatting the candidate just gives hyphen - and enters all the sentences.. so in the DB the values are saved in the single line and when we evaluate the paper, it looks odd. So we want to replace the hyphen with the line break
, so that when evaluating the paper, the format looks good, enter of one sentence there will be a line break.
After the candidate is done with the Page 3, clickig next button, saves the values to the DB, and the page (branching) goes to Page 4 and clicking the Previous button takes the candidate to Page 2 (branching).
The Dynamic Action is created in the following order
-Advanced
-action name
-Event ->Change
Selection Type->Item(s)
Item(s)->P3_S2I
Condition-> No condition
-Action->Execute Javscriot code
Disabled Fire on Page Load (as the code should execure only after the candidate type something in P3_S2I text area or after the Next button is clicked.
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
var special = "<br/>";
var myOldString = "&P3_S2I.";
var myNewString = myOldString.replace(/-/g, special);
document.write("<br /> " + myNewString);
</script>
-Selection Type -> Item(s)
Item - P3_S2I
-Click Create
This time I was taken to the next page.... but at the DB level hyphen is not replaced by the line break

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