URLRequest: forward slashes in website URL greys out rest of line like a comment

After the double forward slashes in the website address, the rest of the line gets greyed or commented out in the Script Pane. How come?

[
function gotoSoccerSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var soccerURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.usyouthsoccer.org/”);
navigateToURL(soccerURL);
}

function gotoSoftballSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var softballURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.softball.org/”);
navigateToURL(softballURL);
}

function gotoAllianceSite(evtObject:MouseEvent):void {
var allianceURL:URLRequest = new URLRequest (“http://www.nays.org/”);
navigateToURL(allianceURL);
}

soccer_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoSoccerSite);
]

These are the errors I am getting.

1084: Syntax error: expecting rightparen before colon.
1093: Syntax error.

try escaping the forward slash with a back slash http:\/\/www.domain.com

I am still getting the same error messages even after using escape character on the two forward slashes, then also using it on the colon, then also using it on the last forward slash at the end of the website address. Any other ideas?

single quotes ? 'http://www.domain.com'

i'll look it up next

Using single quotes worked! Why did that work?

well i don't know exactly why single quotes worked has somthing to do with single quotes is the most primitive type of string you can create.....i suspect you aren't using an american keyboard and didn't have a quote to begin with you had something else. don't know the name of the name of other type of quote on keyboard

Yes, you are right! I copied and pasted the code from Microsoft Word. When I put back the double quotes it worked fine. I actually knew this and forgot NEVER to paste anything from Microsoft Word. Thank you SO much.