JavaScript Special Characters

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In JavaScript you can add special characters to a text string by using the backslash sign.
Insert Special Characters

The backslash (\) is used to insert apostrophes, new lines, quotes, and other special characters into a text string.


Look at the following JavaScript code:


var txt="We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north.";
document.write(txt);

In JavaScript, a string is started and stopped with either single or double quotes. This means that the string above will be chopped to: We are the so-called


To solve this problem, you must place a backslash (\) before each double quote in "Viking". This turns each double quote into a string literal:


var txt="We are the so-called \"Vikings\" from the north.";
document.write(txt);

JavaScript will now output the proper text string: We are the so-called "Vikings" from the north.

Here is another example:


document.write ("You \& I are singing!");

The example above will produce the following output:
You & I are singing!

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