Re: [IUG] Cite this from OCLC - need help

["David Jones" <djones at scu dot edu>]

>>> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at  8:26 AM, in message
<D974078B534F5842AD60E246F3368E62059F2D7168 at mail1 dot alliant dot edu>, Heather Parker
<hparker at alliant dot edu> wrote: 
> What is the different between the using " and ' in the javascript?  I noticed 
> that this corrected version has ' instead of ".

Single quote vs. double quote? Emacs vs. vi? Mac vs. Windows...

It matters only in how much escaping you want to do and what it is your are producing. If you are creating a lot of (X)HTML with your javascript (and is javascript even good for anything else?), then it's better to use one in your javascript and one in your (X)HTML. 

If you quote your HTML attributes in double quotes, use single quotes in your javascript.

If you quote your HTML attributes in single quotes, use double quotes in your javascript.

Either way, always use the same in each or you're in for a world of hurt. I've always double-quoted my (X)HTML attribute values, so I always use single quotes in my javascript.

HTH,
David



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