Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL Jquery

Asked Mar 20 '17 at 08:09

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I know there are a lot of questions on this issue. But I want to know if there are any alternatives to solve this issue.

PROBLEM:

I want to fetch existing text in database tables and put it in Textarea in HTML. I am using Django framework.

$("textarea[name=profileitemdescription]").val("{{item.item_description}}");

the above code works when there are no line breaks \n in {{item.item_description}}.

It puts value in Textarea if the value({{item.item_description}}) is a single line. Otherwise, it is throwing Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL. Any workaround to put value({{item.item_description}}) in Textarea ?

edited Mar 20 '17 at 08:26

asked Mar 20 '17 at 08:09

Naroju

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Replace the newline character in `item.item_description` before using it – Rory McCrossan Mar 20 '17 at 08:10
`item.item_description` may contain paragraph text. I need to display in the same way as I entering into the database. Paragraphs should be there. What should i replace it with? – Naroju Mar 20 '17 at 08:19
store description is one variable and then use that variable to assign value – Bhushan Kawadkar Mar 20 '17 at 08:21
@Naroju Use `\n` not `/n` http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2159622/jquery-textarea-append-newline-behavior – Rory McCrossan Mar 20 '17 at 08:21
@RoryMcCrossan, it is a typo. – Naroju Mar 20 '17 at 08:26
replace new line with `" "` then use `$("textarea").html(newtext)` – guradio Mar 20 '17 at 08:28
Any idea how to use replace in Django template language for `item.item_description` ? I it is hard to do it in Jquery as I can't do it as it is throwing `Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL` – Naroju Mar 20 '17 at 08:50
@guradio, I was able to create a custom filter to replace new line with ` " " `. This time error is gone but there is no line gap and instead of newline it is just printing " " in paragraphs. – Naroju Mar 20 '17 at 09:34
use `.html()` instead of `.val()` – guradio Mar 20 '17 at 09:38
`" "` is actually joining two lines together. – Naroju Mar 20 '17 at 09:49
Please show your code in view to see how you pass item variable in the view – Gagik Sukiasyan Mar 20 '17 at 19:50

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL Jquery

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