Re: [tlug] Does the "+" sign have special meaning in Javascript?

[Kyle Hasegawa <kylehase@example.com>]

On 8/26/2009 5:48 PM, Dave M G wrote:
> TLUG,
>
> I am using the open source "Flowplayer" to deliver some video content on
> a web site. For anyone not familiar, "Flowplayer" is basically a Flash
> wrapper on a FLV video file, so it can be played in a browser, like how
> YouTube and others do it. "Flowplayer" uses Javascript to help set up
> the player within the HTML you put it in.
>
> Due to some naming conventions of my own design, the URL that points to
> the FLV file that is played contains a "+" character.
>
> When this "+" character was included, I got an error saying the video
> could not be found. Take out the "+" character, and the video is found.
>
> I think it might be the Javascript that is squelching the "+" character.
>
> What I'm wondering is if this is something usual with Javascript, or is
> it localized just to the Javascript for this player? I'm so clueless
> about Javascript that I'm not sure if I'm phrasing my Google searches
> right, because I'm not coming up with anything.
>
> Any tips would be much appreciated.
>
>    

+ sign is used to concatenate strings in Javascript.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide/Operators/String_Operators

Hope that helps.


Kyle Hasegawa