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Setting an element value using HTML entities

I'm having an issue trying to set an input field's value when using HTML entities in that they are coming out literally as " rather than ".
Here is the code I am using:
document.getElementById('inputSurname').setAttribute('value', 'test"""');
in which the output is test""" though I want the output to be test""".
It doesn't look like a double-encoding issue since in the source code I am seeing it the same way I have set it here.
I know I could decode the value from its HTML entity format though this is something I want to avoid if possible for security.
Any help would be much appreciated :)

Try this:
document.getElementById('inputSurname').value = 'test"""';
Or if you want to keep &quot:
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById('myText').value = replaceQuot('test&quot&quot&quot');
}
function replaceQuot(string){
return string.replace('&quot', '""');
}

Or you can use escape characters.
document.getElementById("inputSurname").setAttribute("value", "test\"\"\"\"");

Well you could just write the new value as 'test"""'.
For other characters however, I'm going to refer you to this answer: HTML Entity Decode

SyntaxError: identifier starts immediately after numeric literal?

I have been working on my project where I had to do some updates on my data records. After I finished my update I got an error: SyntaxError: identifier starts immediately after numeric literal and this line of code was below that error in firebug : maxScores.ew-19a = ''
I looked up in my code and I found where is this output coming from, here is the code:
var maxScores = new Object;
<cfoutput query="getRec">maxScores.#LCase(tCode)# = '#maxScore#';</cfoutput>
In my update I had to put - symbol between letter and number, in old data I did not have that so I think that causing the problem here. I was wondering how I can prevent this or if there is any method that I have to put around my output to prevent this? If you know how this can be fixed pleas let me know. Thank you.

ColdFusion will attempt to subtract ew from 19a when you just dump it between to pound signs like that. You will need to use bracket/object notation here. Try this:
<cfoutput query="getRec">
maxScores.#LCase(getRec["tCode"][currentrow])# = '#getRec["maxScore"][currentrow]#';
</cfoutput>
If you want to Lower case something do it in the query. Outputing JS using CF is useful and solves many problems, but you want to keep it as clean as possible to keep your brain from fogging over. :)

Can I use ui:repeat inside h:outputScript?

Or how would I convert a list of SelectItems to a JavaScript array?
Currently I am trying this:
<h:outputScript>
<!-- Trailing commas valid as per http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-11.1.5 -->
var possibleOption = [<ui:repeat value="#{bean.mySelectItems}" var="selectItem">"#{selectItem.value}",</ui:repeat>];
var firstOption = possibleOption[0];
</h:outputScript>
And it works, except that firstOption is undefined although possibleOption gets correctly populated when I check in the console. Maybe a timing problem? Is this even valid JSF, and if so, is there a "blocking" version of ui:repeat or something?
Or which other approach would you recommend?

Aaaah, I got it:
actually I was using:
var chosenOption = '#{empty bean.chosenOption ? possibleOption[0] : bean.chosenOption}';
Which is (now) of course wrong, because I was using possibleOption[0] inside the EL expression headbang
Sorry, one should always post the actual code I guess, not some dumbed down showcase ;)

Why isn't my array index displaying?

This seems so simple and I honestly can't see why this isn't working. Looked at other answers on here and mine still isn't working.
var randomArray = new Array();
randomArray[0] = 859;
alert(randomArray[0]);
How come nothing happens? It's probably an easy answer but I can't work it out.
Also, I'm trying to work out how to put a random number in the array so rather than putting 859 in index 0 lets say I want to put a random number between 1 and 20 in, so far I've got this but thats not working either
randomArray[1]=Math.floor(Math.random()*3);
EDIT: the .toString on alert seemed to fix it, thanks guys, knew it would be something small!

Is your javascript being referenced properly in a script tag with the correct type set?
<script type="text/javascript" ...> </script>
If not, it's fully possible your browser is simply ignoring it.

This is a wild guess, because your question doesn't contain enough information to know for sure, but make sure that your code is in a <script> block that looks like this:
<script>
// your code
</script>
Get rid of any "type" or "language" attribute on the tag; they're not needed and they're a source of error. If the "type" value is mispelled, then the browser will completely ignore the code.

Try calling .ToString() on your array property.
alert(randomArray[0].toString());

How to pass value to using external variable in javascript?

following code works properly
draw([['Rice',20,28,38],['Paddy',31,38,55],]);
but when i try using external variable like
var val1=20;
var val2=30;
var val3=40;
draw([['Rice',val1,val2,val3],['Paddy',31,38,55],]);
It wont work.

Just showing that your example code works fine using the Firebug console. Can you post more of your code? Your stripped-down example is probably missing something else that's causing a problem.
What is your draw() function doing? Could something in that function be breaking?
EDIT: Another problem could be the trailing comma after your second array. That will throw an error in Internet Explorer.
alert([['Rice',val1,val2,val3],['Paddy',31,38,55],]);
should be:
alert([['Rice',val1,val2,val3],['Paddy',31,38,55]]);
That may solve your issue (though you also have that in your 'working' example, but I thought it worth mentioning).

Your code snippets are not equivalent -- the second one has different values (['Rice',20,30,40] vs ['Rice',20,28,38]). Other than that, they are equivalent and should have the same effects.