I'm having a problem with VB and strings. I'm using ASP and am trying to set a session variable to hold a url. Here's the code:

Session("HELP_URL") = "<A HREF='javascript:popuphelp('loggedout');'><FONT SIZE=2> Help</FONT></A>"

The link should call a javascript fuction with the word "loggedout" passed to it.  The problem is that as the script is above, the (') next to loggedout ends the javascript string instead of starting a new string containing 'loggedout'. If I use a (") it ends the VB string.

Any ideas?  Thanks.

Oops. Sorry about the formatting!

I may be wrong but I believe in this case you would use two single quotes together at that point to tell the compiler/interpreter that you actually DO want the single quote their. Give it a try. The worst that can happen is nothing changes.

borelli34

Thanks for the suggestion. You are right, actually. To tell vb that you really want a quote you either tell it '' for a ' and "" for a ". You can also use the ASCII value for a (") by typing char(34), which some people think is easier to read than

Response.Write "Bob said ""Hello."""

Response.Write "Bob said" & char(32) & "Hello." & char(32)

Anyway, thanks again.