Hi all. This isn't quite the same single/double-quote problem we see
posted a multitude of times in this ng. Read on...
I have a js function called ShowActiveLink which accepts a string
containing the full "<a href...>" element. My problem is that some of
the hrefs contain both single and double quotes and I don't have the
ability to escape these characters manually because our content
management system inserts the href when it generates the site.
Therefore I end up with code like this:
<script language="javas cript">
void ShowActiveLink( '<a
href="javascrip t:newWindow('ht tp://www.vre.org/');">VRE Service
Status</a>');
</script>
<a href="javascrip t:newWindow('ht tp://www.vre.org/');">VRE Service
Status</a></li>
....which causes a compiler error.
(Incidentally, the function searches for the current page name inside
the provided href string. If it's found it displays a <li
style="list-style-image: url('images/arrow-right.gif');"> before the
link. Otherwise, it displays an <li> without a bullet.)
Do any of you know a function or something that I can wrap around this
href to escape the string, regardless of how many single or
double-quotes there are, before it is passed to the function?
Thanks,
--Diarmaid. 2 4239
On 10 Nov 2004 06:37:45 -0800, Diarmaid McGleenan
<ca************ @yahoo.com> wrote: Hi all. This isn't quite the same single/double-quote problem we see posted a multitude of times in this ng. Read on...
Actually, I think it is, but in any case it is the same question you
posted yesterday. I won't repeat everything I wrote then so if you haven't
done so already, please read my previous post.
[snip]
Do any of you know a function or something that I can wrap around this href to escape the string, regardless of how many single or double-quotes there are, before it is passed to the function?
This is a *syntax* error. No amount of function calls can correct that,
only modification of the script itself. You will either have to instruct
your content management system (which I believe you blamed yesterday) to
output \" or \' when writing the string literal, or modify the output
afterwards.
Syntax has to be correct *before* it gets to the client. You can't correct
it afterwards.
Mike
--
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Thanks for your suggestion Michael, and sorry about the double post
for the same problem. I thought the other message didn't make it to
the ng for whatever reason.
--Diarmaid. Hi all. This isn't quite the same single/double-quote problem we see posted a multitude of times in this ng. Read on...
Actually, I think it is, but in any case it is the same question you posted yesterday. I won't repeat everything I wrote then so if you haven't done so already, please read my previous post.
[snip]
Do any of you know a function or something that I can wrap around this href to escape the string, regardless of how many single or double-quotes there are, before it is passed to the function?
This is a *syntax* error. No amount of function calls can correct that, only modification of the script itself. You will either have to instruct your content management system (which I believe you blamed yesterday) to output \" or \' when writing the string literal, or modify the output afterwards.
Syntax has to be correct *before* it gets to the client. You can't correct it afterwards.
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