Unicode + Escape Character = IE Unterminated string constant error!

[VUNETdotUS]

Let's say I have a string:

div.innerHTML = "<a onclick='foo(\""+myWord+"\");'></a>";

in IE only (tested version 7) if var myWord = "English" then it works
fine
but if var myWord = "Modifier Cha\u00EEnes" then I get "Unterminated
string constant" error.

What fix would you suggest to keep div.innerHTML = "" format?
Thanks.

 

[VUNETdotUS]

Let's say I have a string:

div.innerHTML = "<a onclick='foo(\""+myWord+"\");'></a>";

in IE only (tested version 7) if var myWord = "English" then it works
fine
but if var myWord = "Modifier Cha\u00EEnes" then I get "Unterminated
string constant" error.

What fix would you suggest to keep div.innerHTML = "" format?
Thanks.

works well using escape() function. is it the best choice?..

 

[pr]

Define "works" - you have written an empty anchor in a document with an
onclick method that it is therefore impossible to launch. I'm guessing
your real code differs substantially from this example

works well using escape() function. is it the best choice?..

Can't reproduce the error message on IE6, and the message would normally
suggest a missing (or extra) quote mark rather than encoding trouble.
Perhaps the problem lies elsewhere in your code. Post the smallest
fragment of *working code* that displays the error. For example, this,
that gave me no problem:

function init() {
var div = document.getElementById("out");
var myWord = "Modifier Cha\u00EEnes";

div.innerHTML = "<a onclick='foo(\""+myWord+"\");'>" + myWord +
"</a>";
}

If you were encoding a URL you might use escape(), but not in the
onclick example you've supplied.

 

[VUNETdotUS]

Define "works" - you have written an empty anchor in a document with an
onclick method that it is therefore impossible to launch. I'm guessing
your real code differs substantially from this example



Can't reproduce the error message on IE6, and the message would normally
suggest a missing (or extra) quote mark rather than encoding trouble.
Perhaps the problem lies elsewhere in your code. Post the smallest
fragment of *working code* that displays the error. For example, this,
that gave me no problem:

function init() {
var div = document.getElementById("out");
var myWord = "Modifier Cha\u00EEnes";

div.innerHTML = "<a onclick='foo(\""+myWord+"\");'>" + myWord +
"</a>";
}

If you were encoding a URL you might use escape(), but not in the
onclick example you've supplied.

You are right. I had to simplify my code a lot. Instead of
div.innerHTML I had something like:

array.push("Something here ");
array.push("<a onclick='foo(\""+myWord+"\");'>" + myWord + "</a>");
array.join(' ');

Anyway, I used unescape() instead of escape() because my string looked
wrong. I believe this is not the perfect solution but is the fix for
now. I guessed I have to somehow isolate myWord with any function that
does not modify its value.
Thanks.