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Convert C# string to JavaScript String

rated 0 times [ 151] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 18104 / 10 Years ago, fri, december 19, 2014, 12:00:00

Does anybody know a way to convert a C# string to a JavaScript String in Asp.net. My code looks like this:

<script>

  @{string thing = Cats;}

  var thing = String(@thing);





  </script> 







</div>

<body onload=eventAlert(thing)></body>

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answered 10 Years ago yosefleod · Accepted Answer

You need to JavaScript Encode your string before you write it out, otherwise your string may contain characters that cause the JavaScript string constant to be terminated prematurely. You can do this with HttpUtility.JavaScriptStringEncode in the System.Web namespace. Once you have done that you need to stop razor from HTML Encoding the result which can be done with HtmlHelper.Raw like this:

@{string thing = Cats Special Chars !'£$%^&*()@;:;}

var thing = @Html.Raw(HttpUtility.JavaScriptStringEncode(thing));