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Special Characters in Javascript
Javascript allows you to use special characters such as quotes, apostrophes and new lines to a text string by using the backslash (\) sign.
In JavaScript, a string is started and stopped with either single quotes or double quotes. This causes the javascript below to only display: "And he started with "
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var txt="And he started with "only time will tell" to begin his speech.";
document.write(txt);
</script>
Javascript allows you to display a special character, in this case the double-quote ("), as part of the text string by placing a backslash (\) in front of the special character.
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var txt="And he started with \"only time will tell\" to begin his speech.";
document.write(txt);
</script>
The javascript code above display the entire text.
The table below lists The table below lists other special characters that can be added to a text string by using the backslash sign.
| character | outputs |
|---|---|
| ' | single quote |
| " | double quote |
| & | ampersand |
| \ | backslash |
| n | new line |
| r | carriage return |
| t | tab |
| b | backspace |
| f | form feed |