[RESOLVED] Unterminated string literal?

[WolfShade]

Hello, everyone.

Got one that's making me scratch my head, a lot.

I keep getting an 'unterminated string literal' error message.

incJS += '<script type="text/javascript" src="' + thisRoot + 'scripts/application/FP.js"></script>';

According to FF Error Console, it exists right at the end of the </script> tag.

I'm not seeing it. What am I missing?

Thanks,

[Declan1991]

What's the line before and after, particularly before?

[WolfShade]

Thanks for the response, Declan, but I finally figured it out; although I don't remember this ever being a problem, before.

The string was being terminated early because I was not escaping forward slashes with a backslash.

Incorrect:
incJS += '<script type="text/javascript" src="' + thisRoot + 'scripts/application/FP.js"></script>';
Correct:
incJS += '<script type="text\/javascript" src="' + thisRoot + 'scripts\/application\/FP.js"><\/script>';

Sigh

[Kever]

It's because of the script closing tag inside the string. When you don't escape or split it like
'<scr'+'ipt>' it's seen as the close tag of your script.

[WolfShade]

Dangit. I should have fingered that one out. Didn't even think of it. Thanks for the info.