<function name="JavascriptSafe" parent="string" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Escapes special characters for JavaScript in a string, making the string safe for inclusion in to JavaScript strings.</description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="34">lua/includes/extensions/string.lua</file> <file line="42-L52">lua/includes/extensions/string.lua</file> <args> <arg name="str" type="string">The string that should be escaped.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The escaped string.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Executes JavaScript on a panel using user input safely.</description> <code> local user_input = "The user's input lives in this variable" local Panel = vgui.Create( "DHTML" ) Panel:SetURL( "example.com/something.html" ) Panel:Center() Panel:SetSize( 100, 100 ) Panel:RunJavascript( "MyJavaScriptFunction('" .. string.JavascriptSafe( user_input ) .. "')" ) </code> </example>