Preserved Topic: Variable Craziness... (Page 1 of 1)

simple question i think. for the script im using i have to put the HTML content for the webpage as variables inside the script. Im kind of confused about what kind of ' or " i should
be using to enclose my content... i.e if i wanted to use this

var duncan = "<a href='#' onClick='window.open("http://accelerator.dl.ac.uk/staff/scott/","staff");' >Duncan Scott</a>"

it doesn't seem to be able to cope with the nested alternating " thingies, you follow what i mean?

: : Relain : ;

You should escape double quotes with slash \, like this:

maxVar = "bla bla \"tra la la\" bla bla";

ah Mr Max you have once again saved my sanity. how can i ever repay you? seriously who could ask for more, replies ,within hours of posting, which actually work

EDIT: Whats even cooler is that im now a maniac. wicked

[This message has been edited by Relain (edited 08-20-2001).]

An important note:

HTML is not supposed to support single quotes (') whereas JavaScript *is* supposed to support it. Granted, most browsers will understand single quotes in HTML, but you should use double quotes there. So I'd change your line of code to:

var duncan = '<a href="#" onClick="window.open(\'http://accelerator.dl.ac.uk/staff/scott/\',\'staff\');">Duncan Scott</a>';