JavaScript Special Characters
In JavaScript you can add special characters to a text string
by using the
backslash sign.
Insert Special Characters
The backslash (\) is used to insert apostrophes, new lines, quotes, and other
special characters into a text string.
Look at the following JavaScript code:
var txt="We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north."
document.write(txt)
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In JavaScript, a string is started and stopped with either single
or double quotes. This means that the string above will be chopped to: We are the so-called
To solve this problem, you must place
a backslash (\) before each double quote in "Viking". This turns each
double quote into a string literal:
var txt="We are the so-called \"Vikings\" from the north."
document.write(txt)
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JavasScript will now output the proper text string: We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north.
Here is another example:
document.write ("You \& me are singing!")
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The example above will produce the following output:
The table below lists other special characters that can be added to a text
string with the backslash sign:
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Code |
Outputs | |
\' |
single quote | |
\" |
double quote | |
\& |
ampersand | |
\\ |
backslash | |
\n |
new line | |
\r |
carriage return | |
\t |
tab | |
\b |
backspace | |
\f |
form feed |
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