ESLintenforce the consistent use of either backticks, double, or single quotes (quotes)
The --fix option on the command line can automatically fix some of the problems reported by this rule.
JavaScript allows you to define strings in one of three ways: double quotes, single quotes, and backticks (as of ECMAScript 6). For example:
/*eslint-env es6*/
var double = "double";
var single = 'single';
var backtick = `backtick`; // ES6 only
Each of these lines creates a string and, in some cases, can be used interchangeably. The choice of how to define strings in a codebase is a stylistic one outside of template literals (which allow embedded of expressions to be interpreted).
Many codebases require strings to be defined in a consistent manner.
Rule Details
This rule enforces the consistent use of either backticks, double, or single quotes.
Options
This rule has two options, a string option and an object option.
String option:
"double"(default) requires the use of double quotes wherever possible"single"requires the use of single quotes wherever possible"backtick"requires the use of backticks wherever possible
Object option:
"avoidEscape": trueallows strings to use single-quotes or double-quotes so long as the string contains a quote that would have to be escaped otherwise"allowTemplateLiterals": trueallows strings to use backticks
Deprecated: The object property avoid-escape is deprecated; please use the object property avoidEscape instead.
double
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default "double" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "double"]*/
var single = 'single';
var unescaped = 'a string containing "double" quotes';
Examples of correct code for this rule with the default "double" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "double"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
var double = "double";
var backtick = `back\ntick`; // backticks are allowed due to newline
var backtick = tag`backtick`; // backticks are allowed due to tag
single
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "single" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "single"]*/
var double = "double";
var unescaped = "a string containing 'single' quotes";
Examples of correct code for this rule with the "single" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "single"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
var single = 'single';
var backtick = `back${x}tick`; // backticks are allowed due to substitution
backticks
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "backtick" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "backtick"]*/
var single = 'single';
var double = "double";
var unescaped = 'a string containing `backticks`';
Examples of correct code for this rule with the "backtick" option:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "backtick"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
var backtick = `backtick`;
avoidEscape
Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the "double", { "avoidEscape": true } options:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "double", { "avoidEscape": true }]*/
var single = 'a string containing "double" quotes';
Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the "single", { "avoidEscape": true } options:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "single", { "avoidEscape": true }]*/
var double = "a string containing 'single' quotes";
Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the "backtick", { "avoidEscape": true } options:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "backtick", { "avoidEscape": true }]*/
var double = "a string containing `backtick` quotes"
allowTemplateLiterals
Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the "double", { "allowTemplateLiterals": true } options:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "double", { "allowTemplateLiterals": true }]*/
var double = "double";
var double = `double`;
Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the "single", { "allowTemplateLiterals": true } options:
/*eslint quotes: ["error", "single", { "allowTemplateLiterals": true }]*/
var single = 'single';
var single = `single`;
When Not To Use It
If you do not need consistency in your string styles, you can safely disable this rule.
Version
This rule was introduced in ESLint 0.0.7.