Question

I am just putting some html in a var and I get this error:
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

typeForm = "Type de RDV : <br />                                                                                                                                                                                   
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='0' class='rdv-type' />Client seul<br />                                                                                                                     
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='1' class='rdv-type' />Client + con<br />                                                                                                           
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='2' class='rdv-type' />Visite agence<br />                                                                                                                   
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='4' class='rdv-type' />Signature PV<br />                                                                                                                    
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='5' class='rdv-type' />Con step<br />                                                                                                           
            <input type='radio' name='rdv-type' value='3' class='rdv-type' />Land analysis<br />";

I don’t get what I am doing wrong. I get a warning around first <br />.

I checked other posts but I really dont see why it does this.

Answer 1

It happens because in JavaScript you can’t simply start the new line in a string value, you should either ‘escape the new line’:

var smth = "Some text \
            continues here \
            and here";

or use string concatenation:

var smth = "Some text " +
           "continues here " +
           "and here";