How can I quote text that's already inside a single and double quote?

Question

I have:

'<textarea data-ng-show="modal.showPreview == 'Source'"  >'

How can I quote the word Source? I tried single quotes but that does not work.

I think you should have a look at this thread http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2004168/javascript-escape-quotes. — cubitouch, Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

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You can use escaped double quotes:

'<textarea data-ng-show="modal.showPreview == \"Source\"">'

answered Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

joews

Vishal Suthar · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-04T12:37:33.040

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You can escape the double quotes with Backslash (\)

Your code won't work as intended because, as soon as the browser encounters the first double quote, it will think that the string has finished.

How about this:

'<textarea data-ng-show="modal.showPreview == \"Source\"" >'

edited Jan 04 '14 at 12:37

answered Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

Vishal Suthar

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

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You need to use backslash \

'<textarea data-ng-show="modal.showPreview == \"Source\""  >'

answered Jan 04 '14 at 12:32

Tareq Salah

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