Convert classic asp variable into jquery variable

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Here is my code.. This is giving me a hard time though I know there is a simple answer

var myVAr = '<%=data.name%>';

$(myVAr).insertAfter("#thisDiv");

What is the problem? What happens and what do you expect to happen? What is data.name? Your code you posted seems to be correct given that data.name exists and has a value that is understandable by jQuery. — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 15:41
for some reason it just gives me the plain text and not the value or the var — user154107
– user154107, Commented Sep 15, 2011 at 15:46
If you response.write data.name straight onto the HTML page, what do you find? — MikeMurko
– MikeMurko, Commented Nov 16, 2011 at 21:01

Nicola Peluchetti · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 15:44:03Z

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You must call insertAfter on a jquery object. So you could do:

var myVAr = $('<input>',{name :'<%=data.name%>', type: "text"} );

myVAr.insertAfter("#thisDiv");

fiddle here http://jsfiddle.net/FhUF5/

answered Sep 15, 2011 at 15:44

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Gabriele Petrioli · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-15 15:46:22Z

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Make sure the data.name does not have a ' inside it as it will break the javascript string.

And then make sure that the jquery code is executed after the page has loaded

var myVAr = '<%=data.name%>';
$(function(){
  $(myVAr).insertAfter("#thisDiv");
});

If the data.name does not represent valid html code, and you just want the data.name to be inserted as text after the #thisDiv then make a tag with jquery which holds the data.name

var myVAr = '<%=data.name%>';
$(function(){
  $('<span>',{text:myVAr}).insertAfter("#thisDiv");
});

answered Sep 15, 2011 at 15:46

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