Octal literals are not allowed in strict mode

Question

I am using Angular 2.

When I use this in SCSS file, it works well.

.text::after {
  content: "\00a0\00a0";
}

However, when I move it in

styles: [``]

It shows:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Octal literals are not allowed in strict mode.

I know codes in styles: [``] needs to be CSS codes.

And I tried

styles: [`
    .text::after {
      content: "  ";
    }
`]

But then the screen shows    directly. How can I write it correctly?

Answer 1

You need to escape it

.text::after {
  content: "\\00a0\\00a0";  // now it's just a simple plain string
}

---

"use strict" is a new feature introduced in JavaScript 1.8.5 (ECMAScript version 5).

In which,

• Octal numeric literals are not allowed
• Escape characters are not allowed
• see more...

Answer 2

Or you can add u (unicode) before the \.

  .text::after {
    content: "\u00a0\u00a0"
  }