Question

when I try to write such JS statement

var a = "\images\avatars\";

I am getting an error SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

This is definitely because of \ sign, but I need them.
So how can I make this string safe?

PS. escape, encodeURI doesn’t help

Answer 1

Double them:

var a = "\\images\\avatars\\";

You’ll always need to double a backslash if you’re including it in a string literal. You’ll have to do something similar to embed the same kind of quotes in a quoted string:

var a = 'Don\'t be cruel';

The backslash serves as an escape sequence.