[jQuery] Re: " vs '
Stephan Beal wrote: On Jul 26, 6:37 pm, "Mitchell Waite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. Mitchel, PLEASE don't hijack other people's threads to post a question. Start a new thread! Thread hijacking is one of the most annoying things a forum-goer can do! I second that plea! Please be aware that mail clients like Thunderbird do not thread messages by subject but by some mail headers. Thus hitting reply and changing the subject *does not* create a new thread. Not only do you add unrelated messages to a thread I'm following like for example "Whats wrong with the tabs plugin" and keep me constantly busy because me thinking there's something new I need to reply to and then again realizing that it's just a reply to the hijacked thread. You also decrease your chance to get an answer if your new topic is buried away in another thread say 30% of the people here are not interested in (I just can't follow every single thread here). I know less friendly communities where you get filtered away pretty fast if you do hijack threads even once by the way. Thanks! --Klaus
[jQuery] Re: " vs '
Thanks to Sean, Aaron and Rob, this is now very clear. I have used both and it was just bugging me. I sort of prefer double quotes, its just more like everything else I do. From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Catchpole Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:48 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: " vs ' On 7/26/07, Mitchell Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between > using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. Mitchell, the concept of single vs double quotes is more of a javascript question. The simple answer is that there's no difference really. It is easier to type an html string if you use single quotes: Single: var html = 'link'; Double: var html = "link'; But sometimes you might want to use double instead: Single: var str = 'I\'m in love'; Double: var str = "I'm in love"; So just use whichever you feel is better for the situation. Some people are used to single quotes representing characters, whereas others think html = double quotes, javascript = single quotes. ~Sean
[jQuery] Re: " vs '
On Jul 26, 6:37 pm, "Mitchell Waite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between > using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. Mitchel, PLEASE don't hijack other people's threads to post a question. Start a new thread! Thread hijacking is one of the most annoying things a forum-goer can do!
[jQuery] Re: " vs '
Sean, Attributes in (X)HTML don't need to be double-quoted, again single-quotes are equally valid there so '' and "" are effectively the same and both valid. I know you probably know, I just wanted to rephrase "It is easier to type an html string if you use single quotes:" in case :-) --rob On 7/26/07, Sean Catchpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 7/26/07, Mitchell Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between > using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. Mitchell, the concept of single vs double quotes is more of a javascript question. The simple answer is that there's no difference really. It is easier to type an html string if you use single quotes: Single: var html = 'link'; Double: var html = "link'; But sometimes you might want to use double instead: Single: var str = 'I\'m in love'; Double: var str = "I'm in love"; So just use whichever you feel is better for the situation. Some people are used to single quotes representing characters, whereas others think html = double quotes, javascript = single quotes. ~Sean -- Rob Desbois Eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 01452 760631 Mob: 07946 705987 "There's a whale there's a whale there's a whale fish" he cried, and the whale was in full view. ...Then ooh welcome. Ahhh. Ooh mug welcome.
[jQuery] Re: " vs '
For that code...absolutely nothing (that I can recall off-hand, anyway). However, there is something you should be aware of: If you want to use a ' within a string that is delimited by 's, then you have to escape it, like so: 'Mitchell\'s code' The same goes for ": "Aaron shouted \"jQuery rocks!\" as loud as he could" Escaping quotes tends to make your code harder to read, though, so most people, when they know a string will contain one type of quote, will delimit it with the opposite type. For example: "Mitchell's code" 'Aaron shouted "jQuery rocks!" as loud as he could' On 7/26/07, Mitchell Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. $('#spincursor').click(function() { $("#spinner").show(); }); Or $("#spincursor").click(function() { $("#spinner").show(); }); -- Aaron Heimlich Web Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://aheimlich.freepgs.com
[jQuery] Re: " vs '
On 7/26/07, Mitchell Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This going will make me sound really dumb but what is the difference between > using single quote versus double quotes in jQuery, e.g. Mitchell, the concept of single vs double quotes is more of a javascript question. The simple answer is that there's no difference really. It is easier to type an html string if you use single quotes: Single: var html = 'link'; Double: var html = "link'; But sometimes you might want to use double instead: Single: var str = 'I\'m in love'; Double: var str = "I'm in love"; So just use whichever you feel is better for the situation. Some people are used to single quotes representing characters, whereas others think html = double quotes, javascript = single quotes. ~Sean