Assigning values to variables, Trouble changing the contents of a variable. Options

[fhutt]

I have a snippet of code I am having trouble with.
This code works:

CODE

<script>
    var loc=iName;
    alert('File to reach -- ' + loc + ' --');
</script>

This code does not work:

CODE

<script>
    var loc=folder1/folder2/iName;
    alert('File to reach -- ' + loc + ' --');
</script>

I am unable to add to the contents of iName. My syntax must be wrong.
How could I fix this?

[pandy]

Neither of them works. You must quote the values of the variables.

CODE

var loc = 'iName';

CODE

var loc = 'folder1/folder2/iName';

[fhutt]

Yes, a step closer.
Unfortunately, iName has contents originally of info.txt.

Now the result of
var loc = 'folder1/folder2/iName';
shows: folder1/folder2/iName

instead of: folder1/folder2/info.txt

This post has been edited by fhutt: Mar 27 2021, 10:25 PM

[fhutt]

Found the solution.

CODE

var loc = 'folder1/folder2/'+iName;

Thank you for direction.

[pandy]

Yes. I first though iName was a variable too. But then when I saw the second example I thought it wasn't.