Replace an item in an array by a link

Question

var str = "foo";


var arr= ["the","ff","gg"];

arr[1]='<a href = "www.google.com">str</a>'

Here in line 3 it prints "str" but I want to print "foo". So how can I do this?

assign it the variable str and not the string. – Sam Thadhani Jun 03 '14 at 06:09 — Sam Thadhani, Jun 03 '14 at 06:09
Does shouting required for this question? – Jai Jun 03 '14 at 06:12 — Jai, Jun 03 '14 at 06:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 06:10

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It seems you want:

arr[1] = '<a href = "www.google.com">' + str + '</a>';

Inside of the string literal, str doesn't hold any meaning.

And to print you might want to use console.log.

answered Jun 03 '14 at 06:10

Gaurang Tandon

@user3699109 Please accept the answer if it helped. Thanks. – Gaurang Tandon Jun 03 '14 at 06:21

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