Javascript source code in variable

[dmaksimov]

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:

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

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

Any suggestions?

[cbVision]

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

Try this:

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

[bundat]

Or you can also escape the slash, like so:

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

[cbVision]

Or you can also escape the slash

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.

[bundat]

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.