HTML Escape Sequence versus \

[Eric]

Hello,

I'm having problems with the apostrophe character when building a
Javascript array.

I've come up with two different ways to fix the problem. I wondered
if any one had any input as to which approach would be "best
practices" and why.

Approach 1:

var aMyArray = new Array();
aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array('Person&# 39;s name.',
'',
'False',
'',
'True');

Approach 2:

var aMyArray = new Array();
aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array('Person\' s name.',
'',
'False',
'',
'True');

Thanks,
Eric

[pr]

Re: HTML Escape Sequence versus \

Eric wrote:

I'm having problems with the apostrophe character when building a
Javascript array.
>
I've come up with two different ways to fix the problem. I wondered
if any one had any input as to which approach would be "best
practices" and why.
>
Approach 1:
>
var aMyArray = new Array();
aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array('Person&# 39;s name.',

Unless the programmer retains a table of ASCII codes in their head, this
approach is going to be slightly more troublesome to maintain.

[...]

Approach 2:
>
var aMyArray = new Array();
aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array('Person\' s name.',

This is more normal.

Simplest of all is:

aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array("Person's name.", ...

[pr]

Re: HTML Escape Sequence versus \

pr wrote:

Eric wrote:

>aMyArray[aMyArray.length] = new Array('Person&# 39;s name.',

>
Unless the programmer retains a table of ASCII codes in their head, this
approach is going to be slightly more troublesome to maintain.

and I should have asked if you really meant ''' or '\u0027'.

See
<URL:http://developer.mozil la.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript _1.5_Guide:Lite rals#Using_Spec ial_Characters_ in_Strings>
<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/charset.html#h-5.3.1>