Syntax error passing a GUID as string to a javascript function off a column template

I'm trying to format a column to reference a JavaScript function with a GUID value pulled from the database, but I get a syntax error when debugging in IE (the function doesn't fire in Firefox or Chrome either).

<a onclick='Jump(${CPSGUID});'>${Person}</a>

I assume it's due to the hyphens in the guid, but is there a way to ensure the varlable CPSGUID gets passed as a string to the function?

Hello bryan dunn,

 

Thanks for posting in our forums!

It looks like the issue is that the CPSGUID value is being directly rendered as the string value.

This means the rendered tag looks like this: <a onclick='Jump(ABCD-1234-EFGH);'>Bob</a> which is assuming you have a variable named ABCD-1234-EFGH somewhere.

If you use something like the following for the template, it should work fine:

 template: "<a onclick='Jump(\"${CPSGUID}\");'>${Person}</a>" 

Please note you may have to escape the quotes as I have so they appear correctly.  This should render the tag like the following and pass the value as a string:

 <a onclick='Jump("ABCD-1234-EFGH");'>Bob</a> 

If you have any further questions or concerns with this, please let me know.

Perfect. Thanks, Michael.