JavascriptEncode

The JavascriptEncode() function encodes the given value to a Javascript literal.

This function is NOT SQL compatible. For more information about SQL compatibility, see our documentation.

Returns a text that contains a JavaScript literal. Returns null if the value is unknown.

Syntax

JavascriptEncode(value)

JavascriptEncode("\"Line 1\"\n'Line 2';") => "\"Line 1\"\n\'Line 2\';"

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
value	any WEM value	☑️	see hint below

Value - any WEM value (strings, numbers, boolean, etc.). The following encoding is used for non-native JavaScript types:

• Concept - the concept ID is used

• Concept set - array of concept ID's is used

• Duration - the number of ticks (milliseconds) is used

• File - the URL as a string

• Reference - string representation of the referenced list and rowID