Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java code to output escaped Javascript? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:17:13 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-86-36.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1306966633 8741 118.92.86.36 (1 Jun 2011 22:17:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:17:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4867 In message , Joshua Cranmer wrote: > On 06/01/2011 09:11 AM, laredotornado wrote: > >> private String escapeForJS(String value) { >> value = value.replace("\n", "\\n"); >> value = value.replace("\r", "\\r"); >> value = value.replace("\"", "\\\""); >> return value; >> } > > You also forgot `\' as well as every character in the range > '\u0000'-'\u001f' and '\u007f-\uffff' ... Can’t they just occur literally?