escape double quote inside JavaScript

mister_mister · January 22nd, 2008, 08:22 PM

I am using output method="html" and trying to print a block of JavaScript. This JavaScript has an array variable that I need to place escaped HTML inside. Namely, XSLT chokes when I use a backslash character within my JavaScript variable. Here's a simplified version of my JavaScript that's inside my XSLT:

Code:

<script language="JavaScript1.2"  type="text/javascript">
  Text[0]=["<div style=\"padding:3px\">Dr. John Doe</div>"];
</script>

I've tried single quotes instead of \" but it doesn't work. I also tried using < and > but it doesn't work either because of how JavaScript handles things. Any ideas on how I can escape my double quotes inside JavaScript?

Thanks,
Steve

mhkay · January 23rd, 2008, 04:46 AM

It's not XSLT that's choking on your stylesheet, it's XML. Remember that an XSLT stylesheet has to be a well-formed XML document, and the way you escape a double quote within an attribute value is """.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/
Author, XSLT Programmer's Reference and XPath 2.0 Programmer's Reference

mister_mister · January 23rd, 2008, 01:12 PM

I've tried using a " character but still to no avail:

Code:

Text[0]=["<div style=&quot;padding:3px&quot;>Dr. John Doe</div>"];

Is there a way I can somehow use <xsl:text> to just ignore all XML markup and simply output any sort of text I want?

Steve

mister_mister · January 23rd, 2008, 01:30 PM

I just got it to work by doing this:

Code:

Text[0]=["&lt;div style=\"padding:3px\">Dr. John Doe&lt;/div>"];

Thanks for the help though.
Steve

mister_mister · January 23rd, 2008, 01:35 PM

Oh, and I wrapped it in an <xsl:comment>

Code:

<script language="JavaScript1.2"  type="text/javascript">
  <xsl:comment>
    Text[0]=["&lt;div style=\"padding:3px\">Dr. John Doe&lt;/div>"];
  </xsl:comment>
</script>

Martin Honnen · January 23rd, 2008, 01:56 PM

You could use a CDATA section in your stylesheet to wrap JavaScript code:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[
  Text[0]=["<div style=\"padding:3px\">Dr. John Doe<\/div>"];
]]></script>