Newline in constant

Question

When the following code is run:

Response.Write("window.open('BugSummaryForPrint.aspx?prjId=" + prjId + "&prjName=" + prjName','_blank')");

I get this error:

Newline in constant

Help!

Answer 1

As horrid of a "question" as this is, I feel helpful tonight. You were missing a couple characters (+ ") in your code, after you appended prjName.

Response.Write("window.open('BugSummaryForPrint.aspx?prjId=" + prjId + "&prjName=" + prjName + "','_blank')");

Answer 2

If genuinely C# (and the fact that its a redirect to a .aspx suggests that it probably is) then you can make your life a bit easier as follows:

string resp = String.Format(
    "window.open('BugSummaryForPrint.aspx?prjId={0}&prjName={1}','_blank')", 
    prjId, 
    prjName
    );
Response.Write(resp);

You could as easily do it all in one line (do the String.Format inline with the Response.Write) I've just split it a bit for clarity.

String.Format (and other places where you can use format strings like .AppendFormat in stringbuilders) is an oft overlooked tool.