I want to print or echo back code to the user, but when I attempt to I get an ILLEGAL error. How would I go about showing the below code as just normal text instead of executing it:
alert('<script>hello</script>');
I've been trying to print it to a text box with jQuery when I get the error, like so:
$('.printed-code').val('<script> write your code between these lines </script>');
If you are placing your JavaScript in a <script> element, then the </script> in the string literal will be recognised as a matching end tag for the script. Break up the string with an escape sequence (in a JS string literal, \/ means the same as /):
$('.printed-code').val('<script> write your code between these lines <\/script>');
… or keep the script in an external file and reference it with <script src="foo.js"></script>.
If you want to display information to a user, then you shouldn't be using an <input> to do so, so you will be wanting the text() method, not the val() method. (Assuming .printed-code matches a <code> element or something else that is appropriate for the task at hand).
$('code.printed-code').text('<script> write your code between these lines </script>');
$('.printed-code').val('<\script> write your code between these lines <\/script>');You should escape the / like this: <\/script>. Otherwise you get errors, especially in old browsers where </ ends the script block (not </script>)
Someone answered earlier with an exact code example, and included a jsfiddle. He deleted the post for some reason but this was the code he provided. I would have marked that as correct. thank you all for the input
$('.printed-code').val('<scr'+'ipt> write your code between these lines </scr'+'ipt>');
The script tags are being interpreted literally.
Try:
alert('<script>hello</script>')
alert doesn't convert HTML entities to text, they are shwon as they are. Not my downvote though.
pretags, and show code.