Including # in a string 3

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Hi,

hope someone can help because this is a pain in the bum!

I have written some code as part of a validation routine which automatically determines which anchor tag to go to depending on the name of the field that was validated.

The problem is that I keep getting an invalid character message when I run the code, and can't work out how to include the ASCII code for # instead (35).

Here's the code I'm using. constructor is just a string slicer that cuts the original field name down to it's stem, and tst is the form element id picked up from a for loop.
Constructor returns 'str1'.

constructor(tst);
str2 = eval(str1 + "yn");
alert ('Please check either "Yes" or "No" for this question');
str3 = str1.slice(5);
str3 = String("document.location = #" + str3);
eval(str3);

Does anybody have any ideas?

Thanks guys,

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[newbiepg]

try using the escape sequence str3 = String("document.location = \#" + str3);

 

[Fingerprint]

Tried it already - no luck I'm afraid!

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[Fingerprint]

I have given up and moved to focusing on a different linked element

Oh well...


Thanks for trying newbiepg!

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[jemminger]

str3 = String("document.location = '#'" + str3);

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while (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[xutopia]

I'd replace these two lines :

str3 = String("document.location = #" + str3);
eval(str3);

with :

document.location = "'#" + str3 + "'"

Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran
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[maxpower1]

Use UNICODE! unicode equivalent for # is \u0023

Hence<snip>:-

str3 = String(&quot;document.location = \u0023&quot; + str3);

 

[Fingerprint]

Thanks guys! Guess I should have been a little more patient huh?

Stars all round!


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