Description

Escapes special JavaScript characters, such as single-quotation mark, double-quotation mark, and newline.

Returns

A string that is safe to use with JavaScript.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

JSStringFormat(string)

Parameters

Usage

Escapes special JavaScript characters, so you can put arbitrary strings safely into JavaScript.

Example

<!--- This example shows the use of the JSStringFormat function. ---->
<h3>JSStringFormat</h3>
<cfset stringValue = "An example string value with a tab chr(8), 
    a newline (chr10) and some ""quoted"" 'text'">

<p>This is the string we have created:<br>
<cfoutput>#stringValue#</cfoutput>
</p>
<cfset jsStringValue = JSStringFormat(#stringValue#)>
<!----- Generate an alert from the JavaScript string jsStringValue. ---->
<SCRIPT>
s = "<cfoutput>#jsStringValue#</cfoutput>";
alert(s); 
</SCRIPT>