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#13224 closed bug (notabug)

Opened January 16, 2013 01:12AM UTC

Closed January 16, 2013 01:21AM UTC

Last modified January 16, 2013 01:22AM UTC

problem with backslashed multiline string

Reported by: anonymous Owned by:
Priority: undecided Milestone: None
Component: unfiled Version: 1.9.0
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Creating element or sub-tree from a string, that writed in a few lines with backslashes at the line ends now gives a syntax error.

jQuery('\\

<div></div>\\

');

> Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: <div></div>

but

jQuery('<div></div>');

> [<div>​</div>​]

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Changed January 16, 2013 01:20AM UTC by dmethvin comment:1

_comment0: Use `$.parseHTML()` for those cases, it is much more lenient about what it parses and also lets you specify whether to process script tags. See the upgrade guide for an example, if you haven't read it already. \ \ http://stage.jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#jquery-htmlstring-versus-jquery-selectorstring \ \ \ \ → 1358359538836778

Use $.parseHTML() for those cases, it is much more lenient about what it parses and also lets you specify whether to process script tags. See the upgrade guide for an example, if you haven't read it already.

http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#jquery-htmlstring-versus-jquery-selectorstring

Changed January 16, 2013 01:21AM UTC by dmethvin comment:2

resolution: → notabug
status: new → closed

Changed January 16, 2013 01:22AM UTC by dmethvin comment:3

Oh also, if you just want to have a literal string with newlines, try 

jQuery($.trim('\\

<div></div>\\

'));