Javascript error on String (unterminated string literal)

Question

I have got something like the following in my jsp:

var test = <%=Num%>;

and Num in this case is something like 12345678,john,smith.

But when I load the page I get the following error:

Error: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal

Can anyone help me out, thanks

Can you give some more strings from your code? It can be some quotes in `Num` — Victor, Apr 11 '13 at 05:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 11 '13 at 04:45

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As you have not only number in your value, it's not a number so you need to treat it as a String and wrap your value in quotes

var test = "<%=Num%>";

edited Apr 11 '13 at 04:45

999k

answered Apr 11 '13 at 04:32

aymankoo

Still get the error message Error: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal Line: 2816, Column: 15 Source code: var test = "12345678,john,smith – ComeRun Apr 11 '13 at 05:15
It's telling you you must have matching quotes. Perhaps the last character in the string is a backslash (\) that is quoting the quote (")? – RobG Apr 11 '13 at 06:14
it could be \n as of line break! could you offer a solution if that the case? – ComeRun Apr 11 '13 at 06:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 04:30

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var test = '<%=Num%>';

Wrap it in quotes

answered Apr 11 '13 at 04:30

TGH

Still get the error message Error: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal Line: 2816, Column: 15 Source code: var test = "12345678,john,smith – ComeRun Apr 11 '13 at 05:15
Are you using single quotes? – TGH Apr 11 '13 at 05:19
My guess is that there might be quotes in the content? – TGH Apr 11 '13 at 05:54
No but I suspect there is a line break at the end of it. any idea on how to avoid a line break?! – ComeRun Apr 11 '13 at 06:08

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 04:31

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Try var test = "<%=Num%>";

answered Apr 11 '13 at 04:31

Ken Herbert

Still get the error message Error: SyntaxError: unterminated string literal Line: 2816, Column: 15 Source code: var test = "12345678,john,smith – ComeRun Apr 11 '13 at 05:16

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 11 '13 at 05:35

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Please avoid using scriplets

 var test = "${Num}";

answered Apr 11 '13 at 05:35

Suresh Atta

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