Unterminated string constant during @Html.Partial from javascript object

Question

var html = '@Html.Partial("_mypartialview")';
$("#container").html(html);

I am working in a single page application and I don't want to hide the container div element; instead I want to load the html content into my javascript object.

But I get the error:

Unterminated string constant.

I have tried various methods without any success. Any help as to why I get this error would be really appreciated.

Is that all your code? Check which line the error is thrown on, because no error is thrown for me. — user3310334
– user3310334, Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 9:39

heymega · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-27 10:56:24Z

2

Like this

var html = "@Html.Partial("_mypartialview").ToHtmlString().Replace("\n", "<br/>").Replace(" ", "")";

The ToHtmlString() method HTML encodes your html so the quotes won't confuse your JavaScript.

The two replace methods will remove new lines and whitespace so the content is all on one line.

Update

_mypartialview

 <div>
     <span data-bind="text:playerInfo.Name"> </span> 
</div>

Code

 var html = "@Html.Partial("_mypartialview").ToString().Replace(Environment.NewLine, "").Replace(" ", "")"

This outputs the following

var html = "&lt;div&gt;&lt;spandata-bind=&quot;text:playerInfo.Name&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"

edited Feb 27, 2015 at 10:56

answered Feb 27, 2015 at 10:02

heymega

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5 Comments

Dilip Nandakumar Over a year ago

Thanks. But still i get the same error. And the content is not in single line.

heymega Over a year ago

Strange it works fine for me. Can you give me the html for your partial view and I will try and reproduce the issue?

Dilip Nandakumar Over a year ago

Nothing much really <div> Hello </div>

Dilip Nandakumar Over a year ago

I am using asp.net mvc 5 and i copied ur code ditto.

heymega Over a year ago

OK I've made an update based on your html. I needed to remove the new lines.

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