If it's in the HTML page itself, wrapping the code in a CDATA section should help:
<script>//<![CDATA[ var loadJmol = "<script> type='text/javascript'>addJmol(molecule, divInc);</script>"; //]]></script> Not sure on the compatibility factor for older browsers, but anything recent should digest it just fine. MZ On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Dean Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure of the context, but this should be OK if it's part of an > external javascript file. If it's within an HTML page, the browser is > interpreting the </script> in your string as the closing tag of your script, > thereby rendering everything that follows as HTML. > > Dean > > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Jeff Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong with this line of code? >> >> var loadJmol = "<script >> type='text/javascript'>addJmol(molecule, >> divInc);</script>"; >> >> What is happening is the </script> is not being recognized or >> something and everything from the closing quotation mark on, including >> the next several lines until the next </script>, is being displayed as >> text on the web page. >> >> >> *********************************************** >> Jeff Hansen >> Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry >> DePauw University >> 602 S. College Ave. >> Greencastle, IN 46135 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
