W3C HTML Validator Validating Javascript 1

[Graeme06]

Hi, the last of three validation problems I'm having. I have a page with some Javascript, and this Javascript has a String declaration along the lines of:

word = "the word \"this\" is in quotations".

For it to work correctly, I need the escape character, but the validator gives me the message:
"an attribute value must be a literal unless it contains only name characters."

It isn't just this specific issue, it also complains about me joining two strings with the + character.

Why is this? Is there a way to stop Javascript from being validated?

Thanks,
Graeme

 

[kaht]

There sure is, just use the cdata tags like so:

<script type="text/javascript">
[!]/*<![CDATA[*/[/!]
var a = "this javascript will be skipped by the validator";
[!]/*]]>*/[/!]
</script>

-kaht

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[Graeme06]

awesome!

Thanks a lot, I figured there had to be some way, it made no sense if there wasn't.