passing js parameter with apostrophe html code

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<a title="Delete" onclick="remove_file('folder', 4493,'Colin&#39;s folder')"><i class="icon-trash" style="cursor:pointer;"></i></a>

The above code has the html code ' to represent an apostrophe in the string. In Google Chrome, I am currently getting the following error from that line:

Uncaught SyntaxError: unexpected Identifier

I assume that one of those characters is breaking the parsing? I have other instances of this same code without the apostrophe code and I do not get the error. How can I fix this, while still being able to pass strings with apostrophes?

Can you post the `remove_file` method? – Tom Smilack Oct 22 '12 at 16:04 — Tom Smilack, Oct 22 '12 at 16:04

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 22 '12 at 16:04

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How about

'Colin\'s folder'

instead? Javascript understands backslash escapes.

answered Oct 22 '12 at 16:04

Marc B

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 16:08

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Can you not just escape it like the following:

onclick="remove_file('folder', 4493,'Colin\'s folder')"

See the following jsbin with an alert: http://jsbin.com/axuyun/1/

answered Oct 22 '12 at 16:08

Seth Flowers

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passing js parameter with apostrophe html code

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