Help with escape characters

[john]

I am using Morten's JavaScript Tree Menu http://www.treemenu.com and i need
to be able to put a node into the tree which is called

'second level -23'

which comes from a database

The code goes like so

var second_level_-23 = null;
second_level_-23 = new MTMenu();
second_level_-23.addItem('second level - 23'..........

I need to do something to the - in the middle of the string. Can anyone
tell me how to convert 'second level -23' to a legal name for a javascript
var. I am building the tree dynamically so need to write the replacement
string in VB to pass to the completed script.

Many thanks

John

 

[Martin Honnen]

john wrote:

var second_level_-23 = null;
second_level_-23 = new MTMenu();
second_level_-23.addItem('second level - 23'..........

If that is a global variable then do
window['second_level-23'] = new MTMenu();
window['second_level-23'].addItem('second level - 23'..........
Otherwise use an object e.g.
var levels = {};
levels['second_level-23'] = new MTMenu();
levels['second_level-23'].addItem('second level - 23'..........