unterminated string literal

Question

The following code:

var str= \"English Comprehension<\\/strong>
                    
                    

                 


        

Answer 1

JavaScript doesn't allow literal line breaks in strings unless you escape them with \:

var str= "<strong>English Comprehension<\/strong>\
    <br\/>\
    <ul>\
    <li>  Synonyms/Antonyms/Word Meaning (Vocabulary)<\/li>\
    <li>  Complete the Sentence (Grammar)<\/li>\
    <li>  Spot error/Correct sentence (Grammar/sentence construction)<\/li>\
    <li>  Sentence Ordering (Comprehension skills)<\/li>\
    <li>  Questions based on passage (Comprehension skills)<\/li>\
    <\/ul>\
    <br\/>";

You might look at ES2015+ template literals instead, which use backticks instead of ' or " and allow literal line breaks:

var str= `<strong>English Comprehension<\/strong>
    <br\/>
    <ul>
    <li>  Synonyms/Antonyms/Word Meaning (Vocabulary)<\/li>
    <li>  Complete the Sentence (Grammar)<\/li>
    <li>  Spot error/Correct sentence (Grammar/sentence construction)<\/li>
    <li>  Sentence Ordering (Comprehension skills)<\/li>
    <li>  Questions based on passage (Comprehension skills)<\/li>
    <\/ul>
    <br\/>`;

But of course, that only works on ES2015-compatible JavaScript engines (or if you transpile).

Note that within a template literal ${...} has special meaning (allowing you to substitute the result of any expression:

let v = "Ma";
console.log(`Look ${v}, no hands!`); // Look Ma, no hands!

Answer 2

If you want to maintain your data in one block of string, try:

var str= "<strong>English Comprehension</strong>\n\
                <br />\n\
                <ul>\n\
                <li>  Synonyms/Antonyms/Word Meaning (Vocabulary)</li>\n\
                <li>  Complete the Sentence (Grammar)</li>\n\
                <li>  Spot error/Correct sentence (Grammar/sentence construction)</li>\n\
                <li>  Sentence Ordering (Comprehension skills)</li>\n\
                <li>  Questions based on passage (Comprehension skills)</li>\n\
                </ul>\n\
                <br />";

notice the \n\ at the end of each line.

Answer 3

Remove the newlines, it will work. GOTCHA to keep in mind ;) See it simple works all fine here without newlines: http://jsfiddle.net/87dYh/

var str= "<strong>English Comprehension<\/strong><br\/><ul>  <li>  Synonyms/Antonyms/Word Meaning (Vocabulary)<\/li>                  <li>  Complete the Sentence (Grammar)<\/li>                   <li>  Spot error/Correct sentence (Grammar/sentence construction)<\/li>     <li>  Sentence Ordering (Comprehension skills)<\/li>                  <li>  Questions based on passage (Comprehension skills)<\/li>                 <\/ul>              <br\/>";

alert(str);