JavaScript problem (I cannot be more thorough)

[Rok]

I'm sorry for the name of a topic that is not descriptive enough, but I couldn't find a short descriptive title.

I have two almost identical pages. Actually I don't know how to describe my problem...
The problem has something to do with document.write. It doesn't work as I thought it would.

It's best that you check out both examples and go through source code because I have written comments to specify my problem.

test #1
test #2

The first example works like a charm but the second one doesn't.

What I want is a page made entirely with document.write().

[Flawless_koder]

You are using the same incarerators (sp?) as you have in your string.

Line:

document.write("<table><thead><tr><td class="head">x</td><td class="head">x²</td><td class="head">log₁₀(x)</td><td class="head">log₂(x)</td><td class="head"><nobr>(1 + 1/x)^x &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp(e)</nobr></td><td class="head">x (16)</td><td class="head">x (2)</td></tr></thead><tbody>");

You'll notice you use " to state the input to the function write - but then you also use " inside the input itself.
This causes the function to assume that the next part is not text - but rather syntax - and it will fall over.

To prevent this - use '' for the leading and trailing " in your calls to the write method.

Flawless

[beetle]

Two methods to solve your problem. Use double quotes for the document.write and single quotes for the HTML contained

document.write("<table><thead><tr><td class='head'>x</td><td class='head'>x²</td><td class='head'>log₁₀(x)</td><td class='head'>log₂(x)</td><td class='head'><nobr>(1 + 1/x)^x (e)</nobr></td><td class='head'>x (16)</td><td class='head'>x (2)</td></tr></thead><tbody>");

Or, escape any double quotes within the document.write statment thus telling the script engince to interpret those as text. Use the standed escaping character, the backslash

document.write("<table><thead><tr><td class=\"head\">x</td><td class=\"head\">x²</td><td class=\"head\">log₁₀(x)</td><td class=\"head\">log₂(x)</td><td class=\"head\"><nobr>(1 + 1/x)^x (e)</nobr></td><td class=\"head\">x (16)</td><td class=\"head\">x (2)</td></tr></thead><tbody>");

That should do it

[Flawless_koder]

Beetle - what's wrong with the simple two character changes of the document.write('') ??

Flawless

[beetle]

Nuthin! Just alternate the quotes will ya!