Adding dyanmic javascript as a string in string. How to use \ character? Facing "Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token."

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Public WebView view;  
var url = "javascript:(function() { var parent = document.getElementsByTagName('head').item(0);var script = document.createElement('script'); script.type = 'text/javascript'; script.innerHTML =\""+  content + "\";parent.appendChild(script)})()"; 
view.LoadUrl(url);

Possible duplicate of [How to add DOM element script to head section?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18784920/how-to-add-dom-element-script-to-head-section) — Daniel Mizerski, Jun 19 '17 at 12:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '17 at 12:50

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You need to use HttpUtility.JavaScriptStringEncode(content) to encode this string:

\
"
'

into this:

\\
\"
\'

answered Jun 19 '17 at 12:50

JanErikGunnar

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Adding dyanmic javascript as a string in string. How to use \ character? Facing "Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token."

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