JavaScript string variables

I have noticed that when I place a string with quotes within another quote, browser gets confused, For example:

var test='This is a test for another "<b>Test</b>" from another "<a>world</a> and another time';

When I use the test variable in the JS, string doesn't appear in the browser. If I use a simple variable w/ no quotes or tags inside, string appears fine.

I'm using IE 6.0.26

If the string starts with a double quote (") you can use single quotes inside the string,and you have to escape the double quotes.

var test="This is a test for another \"<b>Test</b>\" from another \"<a>world</a> and another time";

Can't I use double quotes within double quotes with escape character?

I would suggest that if you use special characters, instead of using the character itself, it would be better to use the codes for them. For eg the double quote(") has a code &quot;

Codes for other characters are also available.

Can you please explain in an example what you mean by code?

The code of a character is an ampersand (&) followed by its code, followed by a semicolon ( ; ). For instance to get the copyright symbol, you enter:

& + copy + ;

You'd write that all together without the plus signs, its just that this forum accepts the code and changes them so you can't see the code.

Which results in &copy;.

The code for the quotes he's referring to is ampersand, followed by the word "quot" and the semicolon. Just insert that and it will produce a quote that is automatically escaped in HTML. See:

&quot;I used the code for quotes!&quot;

Where can I get the listing of these codes? Is there a webpage?

Resource:

http://www.bbsinc.com/symbol.html

Their actual name is "character entities".

I don't get this thread: your original question was a perfectly good one and, yes, you can escape (literal) quotes within other (delimeter) quotes easily, Bosko's original answer.