build html from server side c#

Question

I am building html at server side. The code sample is as below. My intention is to emit html like this

<a href="" onclick="doSomething('Test Value');">Test</a>

My Code Sample

string html="";
string param="Test Value";
html+="<a href='' onclick='"+"doSomething('"+param+"')'>Test</a>"

What am I doing wrong? The resultant html is bizzare

Answer 1

try this:

string html="";
string param="Test Value";
html+="<a href=\"#\" onclick=\""+"doSomething('"+param+"')\">Test</a>";

Answer 2

Your end result for that is <a href='' onclick='doSomething('Test Value')'>Test</a>

The onclick portion is the one giving you the problem. You cannot use ' to enclose the value if you are trying to call a js function (IE: doSomething in your case here)

Try this:

        string html=""; 
        string param="Test Value";
        html += "<a href=\"\" onclick=\"" + "doSomething('" + param + "')\">Test</a>";

Answer 3

You want some thing like this.

html+=<a href="javascript:doSomething('"+param+"')">Test</a>;

and your function is:

function doSomething(param) {
alert("Inside anchor tag.");//For Test
}

Note:But it is browser dependent.