Re: [tlug] Does the "+" sign have special meaning in Javascript?

[David Santinoli <marauder@example.com>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 05:48:21PM +0900, Dave M G wrote:
> Due to some naming conventions of my own design, the URL that points
> to the FLV file that is played contains a "+" character.
> 
> When this "+" character was included, I got an error saying the video
> could not be found. Take out the "+" character, and the video is
> found.
> 
> I think it might be the Javascript that is squelching the "+"
> character.

'+' means string concatenation in JS, but this might not be the cause of
your problem.  Keep in mind that '+' is also conventionally used to
represent spaces in URLs; try investigating in this direction.

Cheers,
 David