Output single quotes in Razor generated JavaScript String

Question

I am assembling a few lines in JavaScript using Razor. I thought the easiest way would be to assemble the entire JavaScript block first, then output the entire thing. The problem is, the single quotes are being rendered as & #39;.

Is it possible to change the last line to get this to write correctly:

    var friendArray = new Array();     @{         int i = 0;         string jsString="";         foreach(var friend in friends)         {             jsString = jsString + "friendArray[";             jsString = jsString + i.ToString();             jsString = jsString + "]='";             jsString = jsString + friend.displayname;             jsString = jsString + "';";             i++;         }         @jsString;     } 

The above generates this:

  friendArray[0]=& #39;Hollister& #39;;friendArray[1]=& #39;Festus& #39;; 

Answer 1

You could turn off the encoding of HTML by outputting this way:

@Html.Raw(jsString)