Question

chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {code:"$.each(selectValues, function(key='" + timestamp + "', value='Custom')
{   
     $('#expire').
          append($(\"<option></option>\").
          attr(\"value\",key).
          text(value)); 
});"});

It says that the first line has a syntax error, and the WebKit inspector shows odd highlighting patterns.

What’s wrong with that? A friend thinks I need to escape some characters somewhere.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

That’s definitely not valid syntax. You have an equal sign in the formal parameter list.

It will presumably end up as:

$.each(selectValues, function(key='someTime', value='Custom')
{   
     $('#expire').
          append($(\"<option></option>\").
          attr(\"value\",key).
          text(value)); 
});

I recommend you use the file option if possible, so you don’t have to deal with escaping issues:

chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {file: "myScript.js"});

The presumably the code in myScript.js will be something like:

$.each(selectValues, function(key, value)
{   
     $('#expire').
          append($("<option></option>").
          attr("value",key).
          text(value)); 
});

However, it’s not clear what you’re trying to do. jQuery.each takes a callback with two parameters, but what do you expect to happen to the values on the right of the equal sign?