Question

I have a js file where I need to construct some HTML the problem is it needs to be in a string to be parsed. Something like;

var myHTML="<a href='"#"' onclick='"alert("hello"); event.returnValue = false; return false;"'>"+childOrders+"</a>"

I have tried lots of combinations of quotes but just cannot get it to work.

Thanks for the help,
Chris

Answer 1

You can escape quotes within a string by putting a backslash in front of them, like so:

myString = "A string with \"quotes\" in it.";

The above will result in the string A string with "quotes" in it.

EDIT: As for the quotes inside the onclick attribute, I would suggest using single quotes, so your code would look like this:

var myHTML="<a href=\"#\" onclick=\"alert('hello'); event.returnValue = false; return false;\">"+childOrders+"</a>";