Why am I losing my characters from my html string when trying to add html dynamically using javascri
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I have a page that I am trying to dynamically add some links to. The links are getting added to the page fine, but the '[' and ']' at either end of the line are getting dropped. The code from my .js file is:
var html = "[ <a href='#'>Change</a> | <a href='#'>Remove </a> ]";
$(html).appendTo("#id123");
The result I want is:
[ <a href='#'>Change</a> | <a href='#'>Remove</a> ]
The result I'm getting is:
<a href='#'>Change</a> | <a href='#'>Remove</a>
If I wrap the line in a <span> tag like so:
var html = "<span>[ <a href='#'>Change</a> | <a href='#'>Remove </a> ]</span>";
$(html).appendTo("#id123");
it renders as expected. I set a breakpoint on the code and checked the html var right before the .appendTo and it contains the '[' and ']'.
Anyone know why this is happening? Are '[' and ']' special character that need escaped and I'm just forgetting that fact?
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