Question

i’m having a problem replacing ==> ’ (apostrophe) with a space i know it looks so easy but what i mean is editors don’t type apostrophe like this ==> ’ but like this ==> ' and i can’t find a way to replace it using

var newtext = old.replace(/'/g,"");

here’s an example http://jsfiddle.net/zYK9f/4/
in this example you can type ==> ’ in the page but not in the code editor tried a lot but no result hope you can help
thanks
sorry i mean apostrophe not semicolon

Answer 1

I’m not sure what you are asking for… like the other answers suggested, you can use

var newtext = old.replace(/'|’/g," ");

However, if the character ’ isn’t allowed in your editor, you can use the unicode equivalent:

var newtext = old.replace(/\u2019/g," ");