replace ’ with javascript (not ' )

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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

What kind of "editors" are you referring to and why is that a problem? — Matti Virkkunen
– Matti Virkkunen, Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 19:56
I think I've encountered something similar in the past...he may be referring to text that's copied from Microsoft Word that contains either an apostrophe or a quote. MS Word annoyingly replaces these symbols with something fancier, which may not be interpreted well when pasted into other text editors. — danyim
– danyim, Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 19:59
Just FYI (and WolframAlpha backs me up on this): the former character is a right-single-quote, and the latter is an apostrophe. Different things. — Patrick Perini
– Patrick Perini, Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 20:00
@MattiVirkkunen: Sure, but does your keyboard have both characters? Mine certainly doesn't. — Keith Thompson
– Keith Thompson, Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 20:24

Wayne · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 19:55:07Z

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Just copy and paste the character to account for both:

var newtext = old.replace(/'|’/g,"");

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 19:55

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Richard J. Ross III · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-14 14:54:00Z

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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," ");

edited Feb 14, 2012 at 14:54

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 20:02

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Giulio Piancastelli Over a year ago

+1 for mentioning Unicode literals. However, the OP wants to substitute quotation marks with a space, not an empty string; also, the second alternative you propose contains a syntax error (missing a comma between the two arguments of replace) and is not equivalent to the first (missing ' in the regular expression).

jq beginner Over a year ago

i'm using dreamweaver thanks all i used /\u2019/ instead of /'/ and now it's working thanks all

ACarter · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-14 10:05:33Z

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var old = "you’ll keep’’’ finding more and ''''more ways to use it.";
var newtext = old.replace(/’/g,"");
var newtext = newtext.replace(/'/g,"");
$("#text").html(newtext);

Will get rid of both types of apostrophes. Is this what you want?

edited Feb 14, 2012 at 10:05

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 19:57

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jq beginner Over a year ago

the problem is dreamweaver can't deal with ’ just ' i don't know if it's blind

ACarter Over a year ago

try using "". That's the HTML code for the curly apostrophe.

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