.replace() function error

Question

I am using the following function to replace ' in a string with

''

for ex

yourstring= "uncle Tom's cabin";
var crucial = yourstring.replace(/'/g, "''");

This does not work and I am not sure why!

Answer 1

Try this:

  var yourstring = "uncle Tom's cabin";
  var crucial = yourstring.replace("'","''");

This will only replace one '

Answer 2

Your code works, you only misspelled "your string" variable.

yourstring= "uncle Tom's cabin";
var crucial = yourstring.replace(/'/g, "''");