Using certain characters as strings

[hughejars]

Hi

We use the 'backslash' \ symbol before double quotes and single quotes etc so the symbol will show up as string, not an operator.
I need to use the < 'less than' symbol, using the \ 'backslash' dosn't seem to work, yet it works ok for the > 'greater than' symbol. Any clues would be appreciated.

Many thanks
Phil


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[Bong]

The backslash works for me:

alert("\< symbol");

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[ChrisHirst]

Use the HTML entity &lt;

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[hughejars]

Ok Weirdsville, Does not work IE9 but no problem in Firefox.

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[hughejars]

yeah looks like the "&lt" is the way to go. Cheers Chris.

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[robherc]

hmm, add one more strike against MoneySloth (aka MicroSoft) for failing to comply with YET ANOTHER standards mandate.....what's that put us up to now? I know it's in the high tens, to low hundreds, of thousands; at the VERY least. BTW, WHY is anyone still actually paying MONEY for their crap again?

I hope this helps;
robherc