Do I need to escape these in javascript?

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My strings will hold the values:

"["
"[/blah]"

do I need to escape anything?

Is it just doubling the /?

Marek Karbarz · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-05 01:03:37Z

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you don't have to do anything / is not a special character

answered Nov 5, 2009 at 1:03

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Trav L · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-05 05:12:13Z

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If your string are "[" "[/blah]", then you don't need to escape anything if you use single quote:

var foo = '"[" "[/blah]"';

edited Nov 5, 2009 at 5:12

answered Nov 5, 2009 at 1:05

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Bostone · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-05 01:25:08Z

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Since this is a literal string square brackets or forward slash will not be interpreted so in your example you don't need to escape anything. Doubling applies to a backward slash only \

edited Nov 5, 2009 at 1:25

answered Nov 5, 2009 at 1:07

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