Can you create a JavaScript string without using ' or " quotes?

Question

I have a JS file with some XML in it, where the XML is supposed to get converted to a word by the server.

E.g.

var ip = "<lang:cond><lang:when test="$(VAR{'ip_addr'})">$(VAR{'ip_addr'})</lang:when></lang:cond>";

This gets converted to:

var ip = "192.168.0.0";

However, in case the server doesn't work as intended, I don't want there to be a syntax error, and this is VERY important. Currently there would be a syntax error because the language uses both types of quotes. I can't think of a way to get around this, but perhaps there's another way to do quotes in JavaScript? Or to create a string?

For example, in Python I'd use triple quotes:

ip = """<lang:cond><lang:when test="$(VAR{'ip_addr'})">$(VAR{'ip_addr'})</lang:when></lang:cond>"""

Anyone have a bright idea?

Answer 1

I have had to create strings without quotes for a project as well. We were delivering executable client javascript to the browser for an internal website. The receiving end strips double and single quotes when displayed. One way I have found to get around quotes is by declaring my string as a regular expression.

var x = String(/This contains no quotes/);
x = x.substring(1, x.length-1);
x;