var list =["<script></script>", "A", "B", "C"]
I got unexpected token ILLEGAL error here. Say, if I do want the script tag to be included, but just plain text, how can I format the list. Thanks!
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What exactly doesn't work? That should execute just fine in a browser.wsanville– wsanville2012-11-12 18:51:49 +00:00Commented Nov 12, 2012 at 18:51
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The browser is mangling it. Break the "script" string up into two concact peices.asawyer– asawyer2012-11-12 18:53:07 +00:00Commented Nov 12, 2012 at 18:53
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If you are using an inline script1, then </script> will terminate the script element in the middle of the array constructor (all the HTML is parsed before the text nodes in the element are passed to the JS engine, </script> gets no special treatment for being inside a JS string literal).
Escape the /:
var list =["<script><\/script>", "A", "B", "C"]
You could also move the script to an external file and src it.
- i.e. a
<script>element with the JS directly inside it as opposed to one with asrcattribute or an intrinsic event attribute likeonclick.
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sammiwei
I am trying to use this one right now: var list = ["<script></script>", "A", "B", "C"], it gives me an error of "unexpected token &". Any further explanation why this does not work? Thanks!
Replace with
var list =["<script></"+"script>", "A", "B", "C"]
The "</script>" was ending the script element in which you have your script.
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Quentin
Splitting the string into two parts and concatenating them is marginally less efficient and a fair bit less readable then just escaping the
/.Need to escape the </script>" tag
<\/script>"
var list =["<script><\/script>", "A", "B", "C"];
Otherwise it tends to see it as the end of the script tag ..
