Javascript source code in variable

I'm trying to add some javascript source code into a textarea dynamically but it's not letting me set a variable with the source code.

I have the following code:

Code:

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<script type="text/javascript">
function getEmbedCode(inKey){
        showEmbedCodeDialog();
        embedCode = '<script type="text/javascript></script>';
        $('#embedCode').html(embedCode);
       
}
</script>

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The </script> acts as an actual script end and doesn't allow the variable to have that in it.

Any suggestions?

You have to make the embedCode a jQuery object instead of a string.

Try this:

Code:

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<script type="text/javascript">
function getEmbedCode(inKey){
        showEmbedCodeDialog();
        embedCode = $('<script type="text/javascript" />');
        $('#embedCode').html(embedCode);
       
}
</script>

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Or you can also escape the slash, like so:

Code:

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        embedCode = '<script type="text/javascript><\/script>';

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by bundat

Or you can also escape the slash

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I don't believe that's the problem. In your example, embedCode is still acting as a string. The next line, he's trying to inject HTML into a string, which won't work.

He said he wants "source code" to be generated into a textarea, so I assume he wants it as a string, NOT as a script element.

You actually can't have </script> in a string unescaped in a lot of browsers, try it. This is the solution to that problem.