[thelist] Javascript Woes
Asif Suria
asifsuria at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 19 21:32:38 CST 2001
Noted. And thanks for the tip.
Asif
--- jeff <jeff at members.evolt.org> wrote:
> asif,
>
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> : From: Asif Suria
> :
> : Probably the single quotes in your
> : function could be a problem.
> :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> the javascript parser does not care which type of
> quote (single or double)
> you use to wrap your strings with. what it does
> care about is that it
> doesn't encounter any unescaped quotes of the same
> kind as you chose to wrap
> that string. if it does encounter unescaped quotes
> of the same kind it will
> throw an error indicating such.
>
> for matters of readability and reducing the
> necessity of escaping characters
> i have adopted a policy of using single-quotes as my
> string wrapper in
> javascript. double-quotes are used only around html
> attribute values or
> quoted text.
>
> good luck,
>
> .jeff
>
> name://jeff.howden
> game://web.development
> http://www.evolt.org/
> mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org
>
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