Invalid character in string reference

[Dan McCloud]

Is there anything 'wrong' with setting the value of a drop down menu
using the following?

document.frmStep1.drpInvaddress.value = 'A1020761603!>\>R2'

This string is a key in our database that I have no control over and I
want to set the value of the menu according to this value because it
is unique. I suspect that the '\' or the '>' or the '!' is making
Javascript think that this is a different type of data than string.

Is there a way to 'force' Javascript to interpret this as string?

 

[Lee]

Dan McCloud said:

Is there anything 'wrong' with setting the value of a drop down menu
using the following?

document.frmStep1.drpInvaddress.value = 'A1020761603!>\>R2'

This string is a key in our database that I have no control over and I
want to set the value of the menu according to this value because it
is unique. I suspect that the '\' or the '>' or the '!' is making
Javascript think that this is a different type of data than string.

Is there a way to 'force' Javascript to interpret this as string?

It's interpreting it as a string, but the '\' character is the
escape character in string literals. You must insert a second
backslash before it, if you want it to appear in the string value.

 

[Ivan Marsh]

Is there anything 'wrong' with setting the value of a drop down menu using
the following?

document.frmStep1.drpInvaddress.value = 'A1020761603!>\>R2'

This string is a key in our database that I have no control over and I
want to set the value of the menu according to this value because it is
unique. I suspect that the '\' or the '>' or the '!' is making Javascript
think that this is a different type of data than string.

Is there a way to 'force' Javascript to interpret this as string?

Shouldn't that be: 'A1020761603!>\\>R2'

or are you escaping the second ">"?