Question

var list =["<script></script>", "A", "B", "C"]

I got unexpected token ILLEGAL error here. Say, if I do want the script tag to be included, but just plain text, how can I format the list. Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are using an inline script¹, then </script> will terminate the script element in the middle of the array constructor (all the HTML is parsed before the text nodes in the element are passed to the JS engine, </script> gets no special treatment for being inside a JS string literal).

Escape the /:

var list =["<script><\/script>", "A", "B", "C"]

You could also move the script to an external file and src it.

1. i.e. a <script> element with the JS directly inside it as opposed to one with a src attribute or an intrinsic event attribute like onclick.