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sbhmf

03-01-2013 08:45 PM

Entity reference not resolving

the js code:

Code:

var sig = $('.sig').eq(0);

var lst = '&bull;'; //should resolve to bullet.

$(sig).find('.lst').text(lst);

the xhtml code:

Code:

<div class="sig">

<div>

<span class="lst">&bull;</span> <!-- entity reference remains literal. -->

<input name="txtItem" type="text" class="textbox" value="" />

</div>

</div>

sbhmf

03-01-2013 09:04 PM

slight modification resolved issue:

changed .text(...) to .html(...).
more info at http://api.jquery.com/text/

sunfighter

03-04-2013 04:34 PM

Javascript naming rules:
A variable name has to start with
_ (underscore)
$ (currency sign)
a letter from [a-z][A-Z] range
an Unicode letter in the form \uAABB (where AA and BB are hex values)

Notice it can NOT start with a number

var lst = '•'; //should resolve to bullet.

P.S. Don't understand your question nor your code. Where does bullet come from and more?

sbhmf

03-08-2013 07:40 AM

I suspect that my code is a bit confusing...

'.lst' is jQuery notation referencing an element with the classname 'lst'

var lst is a js variable whose value is '•', yes, a bullet.

I appreciate everyone's collaboration, but no need to lose sleep over this one since it has been resolved.

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