Multiline String Variables in JavaScript

This works:

var htmlString = "<div>This is a string.</div>";

This fails:

var htmlSTring = "<div>
  This is a string.
</div>";

Sometimes this is desirable for readability.

Add backslashes to get it to work:

var htmlSTring = "<div>\
  This is a string.\
</div>";

Dor
10/08/2010
Looks pretty cool. I was looking for a way to do that…
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Matt Thiessen
11/23/2010
try this
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script> <div class="crazy_idea" thorn_in_my_side='<table border="0"> <tr> <td ><span class="mlayouttablecellsdynamic">PACKAGE price $65.00</span></td> </tr> </table>'></div> <script type="text/javascript"> alert($(".crazy_idea").attr("thorn_in_my_side")); </script>
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NIle
12/20/2010
This also works.
[code]
var htmlSTring = ""+
" This is a string."+
"";
[/code]
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Dom
01/11/2011
I really like this way:
var htmlString = [
'',
'',
''
].join(”);
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