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I have a video that I want to create as a variable so I can insert it into the HTML string. This is what I have right now.

Variable:

var vids = 'big_buck_bunny.mp4';

HTML string:

'<source type="video/mp4" src="videos/' + vids + '" />'

When I refresh the browser it does not find the video

user2958098
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You are missing a ", at the end of src="videos/, or at least, have mismatched quotes somewhere.

TylerH
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    @user2958098 I'm not very familiar with JavaScript, so I can't answer definitively. It just seems to be that you need another single *'* before `videos/` and remove the code after `vids`. Ex: `src="'videos/'` to specify the videos/ directory, then ` + vids '` to specify the variable. Combine those two and you would have `src="'videos/' + vids "` – TylerH Feb 27 '14 at 21:43
  • @user2958098 Check out [this SO question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4234533/how-do-i-concatenate-a-string-with-a-variable-javascript) and [this question, too](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14554928/add-javascript-variable-to-javascript-src/) – TylerH Feb 27 '14 at 21:53
  • @user2958098 Can you post what ended up working for you? Just in case anyone else has the same/similar issue. Glad you were able to get it to work! – TylerH Feb 27 '14 at 22:46
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    I fully qualified the url var vids = 'http://localhost/ExpandableVideoUnit/videos/big_buck_bunny.mp4'; and then I put it above the hhtml string '' and it worked – user2958098 Feb 27 '14 at 22:49