[thelist] Javascript and breaking within strings
Jay Blanchard
jay.blanchard at niicommunications.com
Mon Apr 18 16:18:42 CDT 2005
[snip]
Can you make a multiline block of text a string variable, without
breaking it up?
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO (gives me a "unterminated string literal"
error):
theVar = "Line 1 text<br>
Line 2 text<br>
Line 3<br>";
WHAT I AM FORCED TO DO:
theVar = "Line 1 text<br>";
theVar += "Line 2 text<br>";
theVar += "Line 3 text<br>";
Thanks so much for any clarification.
[/snip]
You can use a backslash IIRC
theVar = "Line 1 text<br>\
Line 2 text<br>\
Line 3<br>";
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