Strange Javascript error with strings

I'm getting an "unterminated string literal" Javascript error with this code:

var test = '<script type="text/javascript">var s = document.createElement(\'SCRIPT\');</script></div>'; 

What am I doing wrong here? I'm escaping the single qu开发者_高级运维otes, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. However, this code does work:

var test = 'var s = document.createElement(\'SCRIPT\');</div>';

What would the difference be? I must be missing something here.

Break up that script tag the old-school way

var test = '<scr'+'ipt type="text/javascript">var s = document.createElement(\'SCRIPT\');</scr'+'ipt></div>';

It looks like a bug in whatever Javascript parser you're using.

Use double quotes as a workaround instead:

var test = '<script type="text/javascript">var s = document.createElement("SCRIPT");</script></div>';

If your script is inline with the rest of the page, you may need to inform the parser that your Javascript code should not be parsed using CDATA.

<script type='text/javascript'>
<![CDATA[
// javascript code goes here, including '<' and '>' characters that could be interpreted as HTML tags
]]>
</script>