string.JavascriptSafe
From Garry's Mod
string.JavascriptSafe( )
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Description
Escapes special characters for JavaScript in a string, making the string safe for inclusion in to JavaScript strings.
Arguments
string str
The string that should be escaped.
Returns
The escaped string.
Examples
Example
Executes JavaScript on a panel using user input safely.
local user_input = "The user's input lives in this variable"
local Panel = vgui.Create( "DHTML" )
Panel:SetURL( "example.com/something.html" )
Panel:Center()
Panel:SetSize( 100, 100 )
Panel:RunJavascript( "MyJavaScriptFunction('" .. string.JavascriptSafe( user_input ) .. "')" )
