doc.write and tag characters

**alrubi00** · 06-25-2012, 09:37 AM

Hello – I’m trying to create a script that takes values from a form and creates XML tags. For example, if I submit “att:int” and “3” the following document.write should execute on the web page

<att:int>1</att:int>
<att:int>2</att:int>
<att:int>3</att:int>

But i’m having trouble passing the tag like characters (i.e. </). I tried using \, I tried storing </ in a variable but whenever I submit the form, that </ doesn’t allow the script to achieve the intended outcome. I’ve attached a stripped down version of the code below, can’t get “closeTag” to write. Does anyone have a handy trick for this type of output or is javascript not built for this? Thanks for your time!

<html>
<head>
<title>Loop</title>
</head>
<body>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var openTag="<";
var endTag=">";
var closeTag="</";

for(var i=1;i <= 55; i++)
{
document.write(openTag + i + endTag);
document.write(openTag + i + endTag + '<br>');
}

</script>

</body>
</html>

**alrubi00** · 06-25-2012, 09:38 AM

sorry, the loop should be

for(var i=1;i <= 55; i++)
{
document.write(openTag + i + endTag);
document.write(closeTag + i + endTag + '<br>');
}

**cbVision** · 06-25-2012, 09:57 AM

If you want to actually write the markup instead of have it rendered, you'll want to replace your "<" with < and your ">" with >. Ex:

http://jsfiddle.net/dfreema1/hSvKJ/

**alrubi00** · 06-25-2012, 10:02 AM

Hi CB, as I was reading your response I thought “duh, you know that!”. I haven’t coded in quite some time. Thanks for your help!

**cbVision** · 06-25-2012, 10:09 AM

No problem! Good luck!

**xelawho** · 06-26-2012, 04:50 PM

an alternative to document.write...

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Loop</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var openTag="<";
var endTag=">";
var closeTag="</";

for(var i=1;i <= 55; i++)
{
document.body.appendChild(document.createTextNode(openTag + i + endTag));
document.body.appendChild(document.createTextNode(closeTag + i + endTag));
document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('br'))
    }

</script> 


</body>
</html>

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