unterminated string constant

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Hi,
I have this javascript error that I am unable to fix unterminated string constant.
Here is what I am trying to do

JavaScript

var test = '<p>rajnas asdjhsadnmdas dasjads jmsad dasndsaads bnas</p>
        <p>ahdndsa</p>';
        document.getElementById('education').innerHTML = test;

How to fix this error?

Posted 27-Oct-12 10:05am

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Updated 27-Oct-12 10:07am

André Kraak

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2012-10-27T10:12:00

Solution 1

As I see, you try to use multiline string literal. That's not so straightforward, as it seems.
Look here: http://www.componentart.com/community/blogs/jovan/archive/2007/10/17/multiline-strings-in-javascript.aspx[^]
This is also an alternative: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/487804[^]

Posted 27-Oct-12 10:12am

Zoltán Zörgő

Updated 27-Oct-12 10:14am

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2012-10-27T12:07:00

A string constant is missing a closing quotation mark. String constants must be enclosed within a pair of quotation marks.
Refer: MSDN: JS1015: Unterminated string constant[^]

Try:

JavaScript

var test = "<p>rajnas asdjhsadnmdas dasjads jmsad dasndsaads bnas" + "\n" +
         "<p>ahdndsa</p>"
         document.getElementById('education').innerHTML = test;

NAPorwal(8015059) · Answer 3 · 2012-10-27T22:46:00

Hi I copied and pasted your code in my text.aspx file syntax is given below, and it worked fine when I wright the whole statment

JavaScript

var test = '<p>rajnas asdjhsadnmdas dasjads bnas</p><p>ahdndsa</p>';

in a single line, but if i write below line

HTML

<p>ahdndsa</p>';

in new line then only its giving unterminated string constant error .

so try to put (var test) value in a single line as in below code . Hope it will do.

XML

<script>
   function aa()
   {
var test = '<p>rajnas asdjhsadnmdas dasjads bnas</p><p>ahdndsa</p>';
         document.getElementById('education').innerHTML = test;

         }
   </script>

XML

<body>
<a href="#" onclick="aa()">click</a>
    <div id="education">
    </div>
</body>

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