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[GP]

Hello

I am writing some code to generate an HTML page which has a hyperlink to another javascript function, with the following code:

document.write(a + 1, '. <a href=&quot;javascriptpenImage(&quot;../images/bab072.jpg&quot>', os[0], '</a>', os[2], ' <img src=&quot;../images/', os[4], '&quot; width=61 height=46> ');

The code runs and shows the text and image on screen however the hyperlink is truncated after the first (, - so the link is javascriptpenImage(

How do I use the quoation marks to get the full string of javascriptpenImage(&quot;../images/bab072.jpg&quot

 

[WartookMan]

What's with all the commas (,)?

document.write takes a string... therefore, you should have something like:
a + &quot; text &quot; + b + &quot; more text&quot; as a parameter.

document.write(a + &quot;<a href='javascriptpenImage(\&quot;../images/bab072.jpg\&quot'>&quot; + os[0] + &quot;</a>&quot; + os[2] + &quot;<img src=\&quot;../images/&quot; + os[4] + &quot;\&quot; width=61 height=46>&quot;

You need to match up your single and double quotes. If you start with a double quote, and need to output a double quote, use the \&quot; to escape it.

Pete.


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[theboyhope]

document.write is quite happy with commas, Pete.

Instead of +, which passes one string to the function, you can pass a comma-separated list.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

theboyhope,

Yes - as weird as it is, all the newer browsers don't seem to mind the comma-delimited syntax.

Which is weird, IMHO, as all the documentation I've read, and reference books I've got open here, all say that it takes 1 parameter only - a string.

Very strange indeed. I wonder if the comma-delimited syntax validates to HTML/XHTML strict standards at all?

Dan

 

[WartookMan]

Cool, I stand corrected.

Guess, I've never had a need to use comma-separated lists. I generally like to be able to &quot;alert()&quot; a string to debug it, and an &quot;alert()&quot; statement will only output the first item in a comma-separated list (I think).

I've learnt 2 things in 2 days.

Pete.


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[theboyhope]

What's javascript document.write() syntax got to do with XHTML validation?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Oooh good point - it's Javascript, and therefore doesn't have anything to do with HTML/XHTML validation.

Don't know what I was thinking ;o)

Dan

 

[WartookMan]

Thanks for the vote... but how do you tell who gave it to you?

Pete.


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[GP]

wartookman

I gave you the vote becuase you typed out the code for me which I copied and pasted and worked first time.