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Function to escape quotes in JavaScript

rated 0 times [ 60] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 24363 / 11 Years ago, mon, april 8, 2013, 12:00:00

to start off, I don't do much JavaScript and am a complete newbie at it, now that's out of the way.. I've got a slight problem I'm trying to escape quotes from users inputs in my search app:

function getQString()

{

var query_str = 'q=' + $('input[name=q]').val().trim();

return  query_str;

}

This is done as a method within a gsp file, is there something equivalent to .escape() in JavaScript?

This query is later sent to elastic search and gives me hell due to the quotes especially input like ab..

I'm using ES 0.20.6

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answered 11 Years ago mireyag · Accepted Answer

query_str = query_str.replace(//g, '\');

..will result in; to

OR

query_str = query_str.replace(//g, '\\');

..will result in; to \, which will make a printed quotation still be escaped to .

This code;

var test = 'asdasd  asd a ';



console.log(test.replace(//g, '\'));

console.log(test.replace(//g, '\\'));

..outputs;

asdasd  asd a 

asdasd \ asd a \

You might adjust the replacement based on how your final interpreter reads the string and prints it out.