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javascriptescapingbookmarklet

Escaping characters in JavaScript using their ASCII codes

I am creating a bookmarklet and I have to avoid using double quotes ( " ) because I have to include the bookmarklet inside a HTML page and it's inside a string that uses double quotes:

<a href="javascript:...">

In some places I have to use the code replace(/".*/, '');

In sed, I can escape double quotes using \x22 (22 is the ASCII hex code for double quotes)

Is it possible to do something similar in JavaScript like replace(/\x22.*/, '');?

Solution

  • The same way you would use quotes in any HTML attribute's value.

    example

    <img src="..." alt="A picture of Bob &quote;Wild Man&quot; Johnson">

    so for you

    <a href="javascript:replace(/&quot;.*/, '');">