Question

Given that I have a JavaScript section in my HTML page like :

<script language="JavaScript">
...
</script>

I am aware of the function :
document.write(“Hello World”) ;

But, how can I can include the following HTML :

<select name="database_subcollection" multiple="true" size="5" onsubmit="document.getElementById('MAIN').submit()">

If I write it like :

document.write('<select name="database_subcollection" multiple="true" size="5" onsubmit="document.getElementById('MAIN').submit()">') ;

It complains. So, I would like your help in overcoming this.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Using:

document.write('<select name="database_subcollection" multiple="true" size="5" onsubmit="document.getElementById(\'MAIN\').submit()">');

You needed to escape ('MAIN') with \ eg (\'MAIN\') assuming containing quotes are single quotes.

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