Unterminated string constant javascript

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onclick="var searchb = jQuery('#'+searchBoxLinkId).value; 
var searchlink= window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.hostname+'/Dave2/Pages/FAQSearch.aspx?category='+category+'&k='+searchb;
window.location = searchlink;" href="javascript: {}">

I have added this line of code to my javascript/html but it gives me the error Unterminated string constant however I cannot see where the problem is. I have to do it this way as I am doing something in sharepoint and it seems like this way is the only way it will work

you have some heavy typos in your code, check the double quotes — john Smith
– john Smith, Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 10:56
Look at the colors in the code above, and see if you can't spot it, it has something to do with the quotes. — adeneo
– adeneo, Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 10:56
because I am doing this in a sharepoint display template and as I have created my own function, it won't be defined in the ctx, so can't be run by just putting the function name — user3956534
– user3956534, Commented Sep 9, 2014 at 11:10

Barett · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-29 19:30:50Z

5

You do not set the searchBoxLinkId and category variables.

We assume some existing HTML (such as the snippet below) will set the two variables. In the code below, you can enter some variable into input and category is set to 11111. When you click on a tag, you redirect to that address.

<html>
<head>
    <title></title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var category=11111;
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <input type="text" id="searchBoxLinkId"/>
    <a onclick="var searchb = jQuery('#searchBoxLinkId').val(); var searchlink= window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.hostname+'/Dave2/Pages/FAQSearch.aspx?category='+category+'&k='+searchb;window.location.href = searchlink;" href="#">eee</a>

</body>

edited Jul 29, 2015 at 19:30

Barett

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answered Sep 9, 2014 at 11:19

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Nimesh khatri · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-22 05:53:36Z

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You can use matching pairs of single or double quotation marks. Double quotation marks can be contained within strings surrounded by single quotation marks, and single quotation marks can be contained within strings surrounded by double quotation marks.

answered Apr 22, 2015 at 5:53

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2 Comments

Panther Over a year ago

added some example it will be better for OP to understand

Jan Doggen Over a year ago

Actually rewriting the OP's code with the correct fixes would be best

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