Passing path string to a jquery function

Question

I have a string file path that needs to be passed to jquery function this how it looks."3rd parameter on function viewDocument(extension,filename,filepath)"

<div onclick="viewDocument(doc,APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER,/Uploads/2018/Applicant_s219193029/documents/)" class="document info">         
  <div class="document-body">            
    <i class="fa fa-file-word-o text-info"></i>         
  </div>         
  <div class="document-footer">            
    <span class="document-name">APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER.doc </span>           <span class="document-description"> 53KB </span>         
  </div>     
</div>

I have been trying to modify with no luck.

I'd imagine that both the second and third parameters are supposed to be strings. Try wrapping them with single quotes instead: viewDocument(doc,'APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER','/Uploads/2018/Applicant_s219193029/documents/') — Tyler Roper
– Tyler Roper, Commented Nov 14, 2018 at 14:29
Yes, thanks guys its working, I forgot to mention the viewDocument() is in the js, but yes I was missing the quotes. — Anele Ngqandu
– Anele Ngqandu, Commented Nov 15, 2018 at 8:20

Hary · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-14 14:46:54Z

3

You can wrap them in Single Quotes ' in this case as the onclick function is surrounded with Double Quotes "

onclick= " viewDocument('doc','APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER','/Uploads/2018/Applicant_s219193029/documents/') "

Alternatively, with Double Quotes " if the function is wrapped with Single Quotes '

onclick= ' viewDocument("doc","APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER","/Uploads/2018/Applicant_s219193029/documents/") '

function viewDocument(extension,filename,filepath)
{
console.log(filepath);
}

<div onclick="viewDocument('doc','APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER','/Uploads/2018/Applicant_s219193029/documents/')" class="document info">         
  <div class="document-body">            
    <i class="fa fa-file-word-o text-info"></i>         
  </div>         
  <div class="document-footer">            
    <span class="document-name">APPLICATION FOR POSITION OF HOW2 STUDENT LEADER.doc </span>           <span class="document-description"> 53KB </span>         
  </div>     
</div>

edited Nov 14, 2018 at 14:46

answered Nov 14, 2018 at 14:35

Hary

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2 Comments

cmprogram Over a year ago

In your given example, it should be single quotes only, as double quotes would cut the onclick short. As OP may be new to the subject, it could be important to mention this.

Hary Over a year ago

@cmprogram, ya maybe, I've described it a bit

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