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repl cannot handle single quote in regex, when within a function #5113

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repl cannot handle single quote in regex, when within a function#5113
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@phillipwei
phillipwei
opened on Feb 6, 2016

I'm getting a 'SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input' when I try to enter the following in the repl

var someFunction = function(s) {
    s = s.replace(/'/g, '');
}

However, s = s.replace(/'/g, '') by itself on a new line is OK. Am I doing something wrong?

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  2. Trott commented on Feb 6, 2016

    @Trott
    Trott
    on Feb 6, 2016
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    This is indeed a bug, and you're not doing anything wrong. For a quick workaround, you can use a backslash to escape the single quote in the regular expression: s=s.replace(/\'/g, '');

    But yes, you shouldn't have to do that.

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  4. phillipwei commented on Feb 6, 2016

    @phillipwei
    phillipwei
    on Feb 6, 2016
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    Thanks for the work around!

  5. silverwind commented on Feb 10, 2016

    @silverwind
    silverwind
    on Feb 10, 2016
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    Fixed in 211018f!

  6. silverwind
    closed this as completedon Feb 10, 2016
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