How do I write XML strings in Javascript?

[meadensitz]

<script type="text/javascript" >

function testMe() {

var xmld = "<account type='asset' id='create' name='modified expeses' counterWeight='debit' />";

var xmld1 = encodeURI(xmld);
var xmld2 = encodeURIComponent(xmld);
var xmld3 = escape(xmld);
abc = "<abc />";
abc1 = '<table border="0" width="100%" align="center" />';
var abc2 = "abc";
var abc3 = "attr='

http://www'";

alert(xmld1);
alert(xmld2);
alert(xmld3);
alert(abc);
alert(abc1);
alert(abc2);
alert(abc3);

}

</script>
...

I can't get a block of Javascipt to printout a string of XML. I have assume that the browser is treating it as a tag

inside of the html document - When I try to create a variable 'var abc2 = "<abc";', the browser (FF in this case) throws

a parsing error:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: file:///C:/Projects/bookkeeping/webkell/webkell.xhtml
Line Number 117, Column 20: var abcz = "<abc";
----------------------------------------^


Does anyone know how I can manipulate XML strings in a browser <script type="text/javascript"> block?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dwarfthrower]

Put your javascript into an external .js file.

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[tsuji]

>I can't get a block of Javascipt to printout a string of XML.
printout where?
>inside of the html document
what is not inside?

If you process xhtml as xml, your script section should be made cdata.
[tt]
<script type="text/javascript">
<![CDATA[
block?
]]>
</script>[/tt]

 

[meadensitz]

Ok, the CDATA suggestion worked. And I haven't tried the external .js suggestion yet. This is going to be a larger application, so I'll have to externalize my .js files in the future. Thanks for the feedback.