JavaScript SyntaxError: Unterminated string literal
This JavaScript error unterminated string literal occurs if there is string which is not terminated properly. String literals must be enclosed by single (‘) or double (“) quotes.
Message:
SyntaxError: Unterminated string constant (Edge) SyntaxError: unterminated string literal (Firefox)
Error Type:
SyntaxError
What happened?
There is a string in the code which is not terminated. String literals needs to be enclosed by single (‘) or double (“) quotes. JavaScript sees no difference between single-quoted strings and double-quoted strings.
Example 1: In this example, the single quotes are used and the string is not terminated, So the error has occurred.
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Syntax Error</title></head><body> <script> var GFG_str = 'This is GeeksForGeeks'; document.write(GFG_str); </script></body></html> |
Output(In console):
SyntaxError: Unterminated string constant
Example 2: In this example, the double quotes are used and the string is not terminated, So the error has occurred.
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Syntax Error</title></head><body> <script> var GFG_str = "This is GeeksForGeeks"; document.write(GFG_str); </script></body></html> |
Output(In console):
SyntaxError: Unterminated string constant
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