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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Perform: Part 2

Posted by johnnyesper
johnnyesper
5,935 Points

Question regarding single/dubbel quote markes

//Working code:
$('<div id="overlay"></div>');


//Non-working code:
$("<div id="overlay"></div>");

We are using single quotes on the whole Parentheses and dubble on overlay. I had some problems with that for a couple of minutes. Basically the quotes crash with each-other and sets overlay without quote, is that why we use different marks?

1 Answer

James Tench
James Tench
43,891 Points
James Tench
James Tench
43,891 Points

Yes this is why you would use different types of quote marks. In the second example, the second double quote is ending a string of text. The third and fourth quotes are wrapping another string of text. That leaves the word overlay in the middle alone.