Removing "\" from responseText

[blah2468]

Hi there,
I'm processing a text from an XMLHttpRequest. Here's what it looks like:

  str = req.responseText

When debugging, str looks like this:
str = callHelloFunction(\"param1\", \"param2\")

Now what I need to do is to replace the "\" to "". I'm trying the following:
str = str.replace(/\\/, "")

and I have no luck with this!!! for some readson, none of the "\" get replaced! Your help is much appreciated

 

[tsuji]

>str = callHelloFunction(\"param1\", \"param2\")
But this line by itself is invalid. What do you mean by putting this line as such? Is it inside a string?
str = "callHelloFunction(\"param1\", \"param2\")"
or what???

 

[trollacious]

If you show your REAL code, maybe you'll get REAL help more easily. The problem with contrived code examples is that it typically doesn't show one or more important details.

Lee

 

[blah2468]

ok, here's the real code:

    function DisplayCurrentGFE_StateHandler()
    {
        if (req.readyState == 4)
        {
            if (req.status == 200)
            {
                //We have an html text that displays a list of GFEItems 
               var str; 
               str = req.responseText;
               str = str.replace(/\\/, "");
               
               document.getElementById("divGFEList").innerHTML = str;
            }
            else
            {
                alert("There was a problem retrieving the HTML data:\n" +
                    req.statusText);
            }// if readyState == 200
        }//if radyState == 4
    }// of function

 

[monksnake]

I'll just assume that everything else is correct. (I'm pretty sure it's not), your replace will have to be global:

str = str.replace(/\\/[!]g[/!], "");

About this code:

str = callHelloFunction(\"param1\", \"param2\")

Why not instead of using \" escaped double quotes, build the string with ' single quotes (not escaped).



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[trollacious]

If you replace the contents of a <div> with a function call without placing it inside <script> tags, all you'll get is the text you received and no way to call the function.

<div id="divGFEList">callHelloFunction("param1", "param2")</div>

Or did you actually want to CALL the function at that point?

Lee