javascript: silly onclick problem sending text

[unwashed potato!]

very silly problem i can't seem to find the solution to.

i have a function called by an onclick event which sends 3 variables, first a number, then text, then a number.

when sending the text firefox throws up an error saying that whatever the text is set to is not defined, so say i had, onClick='showAlert(12, hi there, 41)', the error message i get is "hi there is not defined".

so what am i doing wrong?

 

[ChrisB]

Change
onClick='showAlert(12, hi there, 41)'
to
onClick="showAlert(12,'hi there', 41);"

It's treating hi there as variables when not surrounded by quotes.

 

[unwashed potato!]

ah yes. thank you. silly me. i did try that but i didn't change the single quote to double as i was echoing out the text.

thanks