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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Strings and Numbers

Mike McKnight
Mike McKnight
6,717 Points
Posted by Mike McKnight
Mike McKnight
6,717 Points

Question about quotes.

A lot of people are asking which is better to use single or double and the answer seems to be preference unless your string contains one, then use the other. But what if the sentence you were trying to make appear on a web page was:

Susan said "She's going to be in trouble."

Since it has both a single and a double what would you do there.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

For this, you could use the escape character (\) to indicate which marks are content.

Using your example:

document.write("Susan said \"She's going to be in trouble.\"");

As an alternative you could enclose everything in accents (back-ticks). They are typically used to create template strings but can be a third type of string identifier:

document.write(`Susan said "She's going to be in trouble."`);
Antonio Ascue Avalos
Antonio Ascue Avalos
3,023 Points
Antonio Ascue Avalos
Antonio Ascue Avalos
3,023 Points

Great question and answer