String Declaration Error <script>

I know this is beyond simple but for some reason I'm stuck in a rut with this one. I'm simply trying to declare a string as shown in the code below, however it's generating the following error.

Uncaught SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token

var myString = "<script src='http://some.somedomain.com/some/path/to/some/thing/thing.js'></script>";

Question: Why is this string declaration throwing the error?

edited Sep 20, 2016 at 17:47

mplungjan

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asked Sep 20, 2016 at 17:43

user7892649

Is this code inside a <script> tag itself?

Felix Kling
– Felix Kling

2016-09-20 17:45:10 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2016 at 17:45
you need to escape the end <\/script>

mplungjan
– mplungjan

2016-09-20 17:46:42 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2016 at 17:46
@FelixKling yeah it is, left it out for clarity.

user7892649
– user7892649

2016-09-20 17:47:03 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2016 at 17:47
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Leaving it out made the question less clear, actually.

user47589
– user47589

2016-09-20 17:47:42 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2016 at 17:47
@mplungjan You nailed it, thank god for you lol... quick question though, so I'm writing a bot in C that scans and basically identifies regex patterns (basically detect external files) so the program won't have the <\/script only </script> closing tag, any ideas here?

user7892649
– user7892649

2016-09-20 17:50:45 +00:00
Commented Sep 20, 2016 at 17:50

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