You've been a great help, thanks!

cat_mother_ — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:40:20 +0000

Suzanne — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 05:38:32 +0000

http://developer.irt.org/script/37.htm

As I said, JavaScript doesn't care what quotation marks you use. Just be consistent. In other scripting languages, they mean different things (parse or don't parse), but with JavaScript, they are just delimiters.

More: http://www.iota-six.co.uk/javascript/08_strin.htm

Thanks . .

cat_mother_ — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 04:56:06 +0000

I wasn't aware that javascript would allow
document.write("string"); I thought that it only allowed single quotes in replace of the double quotes in the above example.

Suzanne — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:08:58 +0000

Because it's easier to read and JavaScript doesn't care.

Basically following the rules of clarity when all else is equal.

cat_mother_ — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:35:57 +0000

Thanks for the reply. I think I need some further clarification, though.

Isn't the normal syntax:
document.write('string');

If that's the case, why is the syntax for the below example:
document.write("html");

document.write ("aWindow=window.open(str,'groups',
'toolbar=no,width=' + wth + ',height=' + ht + ',status=
no,scrollbars=' + scrl + ',resize=no,menubar=no');");

Suzanne — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:22:57 +0000

no. you should only escape out the single quotes as they will indicate the end of the bit to write. best practice says single quotes for JavaScript, double quotes for HTML. See second example for a way to write it more clearly. false line breaks included for this thread only.

document.write ('<html><head><link href=
"http://www.aftercollege.com/look/aftercollege-site.css" 
type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">');
 
document.write ("aWindow=window.open(str,'groups',
'toolbar=no,width=' + wth + ',height=' + ht + ',status=
no,scrollbars=' + scrl + ',resize=no,menubar=no');");