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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