escaping quotes from strings using javascript?

Question

For instance say I have the string:

var name = \'Mc\'Obrian\'

I want to be able to escape the the first quote and the last quote only, not the

Answer 1

The following will properly escape the single quote given your current code:

var name = 'Mc\'Obrian'

I would encourage you to read the following tutorial about strings. If you are interested in performance considerations, read this question.