Function scanStringLiteral

scripts/libs/esprima.js:973–1082

()

    // 7.8.4 String Literals

    function scanStringLiteral() {
        var str = '', quote, start, ch, code, unescaped, octal = false;

        quote = source[index];
        assert((quote === '\'' || quote === '"'),
            'String literal must starts with a quote');

        start = index;
        ++index;

        while (index < length) {
            ch = source[index++];

            if (ch === quote) {
                quote = '';
                break;
            } else if (ch === '\\') {
                ch = source[index++];
                if (!ch || !isLineTerminator(ch.charCodeAt(0))) {
                    switch (ch) {
                    case 'u':
                    case 'x':
                        if (source[index] === '{') {
                            ++index;
                            str += scanUnicodeCodePointEscape();
                        } else {
                            unescaped = scanHexEscape(ch);
                            if (!unescaped) {
                                throw throwUnexpectedToken();
                            }
                            str += unescaped;
                        }
                        break;
                    case 'n':
                        str += '\n';
                        break;
                    case 'r':
                        str += '\r';
                        break;
                    case 't':
                        str += '\t';
                        break;
                    case 'b':
                        str += '\b';
                        break;
                    case 'f':
                        str += '\f';
                        break;
                    case 'v':
                        str += '\x0B';
                        break;
                    case '8':
                    case '9':
                        throw throwUnexpectedToken();

                    default:
                        if (isOctalDigit(ch)) {
                            code = '01234567'.indexOf(ch);