How can I accommodate a string with both single and double quotes inside of it in JavaScript

Question

I have an application, and it is fed some HTML. It then needs to put that HTML into a string. This HTML contains single and double quotes. Is it possible, in javascript, to

Answer 1

Is it possible, in javascript, to declare a string with information inside of it, that does not use single or double quotes?

No. JavaScript string literals are delimited with either single quotes or double quotes. Those are the only choices.

does anyone know a simple and easy way to escape these quotes so I can put it in a string?

Do you mean in a string literal?

var str = "var foo=\"bar\"; function say(it) { alert('It is: ' + it); say(foo);";

Or programmatically?

str = str.replace(/"/g, '\\"');