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Passing "" to function

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michelledebeer

michelledebeer

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I would like to pass quotes ("") into a function.
I have tried escaping them with \", but all I get is "undetermined string constant".
Without the quotes, all is well.

function printQuotes(html) {
alert(html);
}
...
<body onload=&quot;javascript:printQuotes('<a href=&quot;link.htm&quot;>thelink</a>');&quot;>

Any thoughts?
// Michelle
 
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Try escaping the quotes this way :

<body onload=&quot;printQuotes('<a href=\&quot;link.htm\&quot;>thelink</a>');&quot;>

BTW : the javascript: pseudo protocol is useless here.
Gary Haran
 
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Try escaping the quotes with HTML rather than javascript. That should do the trick.


<body onload=&quot;printQuotes('<a href=&quot;link.htm&quot;>thelink</a>');&quot;>
 
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Of course remembering that this site will translate the HTML escape would help.



<body onload=&quot;printQuotes('<a href=& quot;link.htm& quot;>thelink</a>');&quot;>

Just take out the space between & and quot.
 
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Thanks...

I would like to follow up with another question:
If I pass this to the function:
<body onload=&quot;printQuotes('<a href=& quot;link.htm& quot;>thelink</a>');&quot;>

Can I in the function replace the & quot; to &quot; instead, perhaps using regular expressions?
(Pseudo-code)
function printQuotes(html) {
// Replace & quot; with &quot; in html
quotedHtml = replaceInString('& quot;', '&quot;', html);
}
 
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