Access variable from code behind via javascript

I have the following code that I want to return to a variable “t” in javascript:

Code behind:

Public Shared Function GetSomeText() As String
  Dim result = "This is from code behind"
  Return result
End Function

Caller variable in javascript:

//This is not working like that, I think
    var t = GetSomeText();

So, how can I make variable “t” get the “result” from Function GetSomeText from code-behind?

Thank you.

Answers:

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Method 1

Try this — assuming that this a public method on the page. This will call the method GetSomeText() on the page class and then do a Response.Write() of the data to the page as it’s being rendered. The result should end up between the single quotes in your javascript.

 var t = '<%= GetSomeText() %>';

Method 2

You need to write the string to a Javascript variable in server-side code, like this: (In a <script> block in the ASPX page)

var t = "<%= GetSomeText() %>";

Note that you must correctly escape it, like this: (Or using the AntiXSS Toolkit

public static void QuoteString(this string value, StringBuilder b) {
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
        return "";

    var b = new StringBuilder();
    int startIndex = 0;
    int count = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < value.Length; i++) {
        char c = value[i];

        // Append the unhandled characters (that do not require special treament)
        // to the string builder when special characters are detected.
        if (c == 'r' || c == 't' || c == '"' || c == ''' || c == '<' || c == '>' ||
            c == '\' || c == 'n' || c == 'b' || c == 'f' || c < ' ') {
            if (b == null) {
                b = new StringBuilder(value.Length + 5);
            }

            if (count > 0) {
                b.Append(value, startIndex, count);
            }

            startIndex = i + 1;
            count = 0;
        }

        switch (c) {
            case 'r':
                b.Append("\r");
                break;
            case 't':
                b.Append("\t");
                break;
            case '"':
                b.Append("\"");
                break;
            case '\':
                b.Append("\\");
                break;
            case 'n':
                b.Append("\n");
                break;
            case 'b':
                b.Append("\b");
                break;
            case 'f':
                b.Append("\f");
                break;
            case ''':
            case '>':
            case '<':
                AppendCharAsUnicode(b, c);
                break;
            default:
                if (c < ' ') {
                    AppendCharAsUnicode(b, c);
                } else {
                    count++;
                }
                break;
        }
    }

    if (b == null) {
        b.Append(value);
    }

    if (count > 0) {
        b.Append(value, startIndex, count);
    }

    return b.ToString();
}

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