remove/replace Unicode characters javascript

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<span class="X">(&#8237;−&#8237;500&#8236;&#8236;</span>

I get the innerHTML from this span: var abc = document.querySelector("SELECTOR").innerHTML

It shows as "(-500" but when I copy it to the notepad it comes with the a invisible Unicode, how can I get the innerHTML just as simple text "-500" but without the Unicode and without the "(".

note that all characters are unicode. these are just entities. — Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White, Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 0:01

Alnitak · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-23 00:09:47Z

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You have to explicitly remove the invisible Unicode characters and convert some Unicode characters into their ASCII equivalents:

let x = document.querySelector('.x').innerHTML;
x = x.replace(/\u202d/g, '');  // (0x202d = 8237 "LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE")
x = x.replace(/\u2212/g, '-'); // (0x2212 = 8277 "MINUS SIGN")

edited Feb 23, 2020 at 0:09

answered Feb 23, 2020 at 0:02

Alnitak

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skillsboy Over a year ago

This is great, x = x.replace(/\u202d/g, '') and x = x.replace(/\u202c/g, '') replace the &#8237 and &#8236, is this possible to put in only one replace ?

skillsboy Over a year ago

This works somehow for what i need :D : x = x.replace(/\u202c|\u202d|(/g, ''); thank you!

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