Question

I have a javascript function which accepts strings which include quotation marks and displays in a input field. But this function does not accept the string after the quotation mark

function searchFormatter(cellvalue, options, rowObject) {
    return '<input id="txt' + cellvalue + '" type="text"  disabled="disabled"  value="' + cellvalue + '" />';
}

Eg. 21″ Inch ==> 21

Is there anyway I can pass quotation marks to the function and print them. I don’t want to replace them. I want to display them.

Answer 1

You must escape special HTML characters like ", <, >.
Eg:

function searchFormatter(cellvalue, options, rowObject) {
    cellvalue = cellvalue.
                replace(/&/g,'&').
                replace(/>/g,'>').
                replace(/</g,'&lt;').
                replace(/"/g,'&quot;');
    return '<input id="txt' + cellvalue + '" type="text"  disabled="disabled"  value="' + cellvalue + '" />';
}