Javascript encodeURIComponent doesn't encode single quotes

Question

Try it out:

encodeURIComponent(\"\'@#$%^&\");

If you try this out you will see all the special characters are encoded except for the single

Answer 1

You can use:

function fixedEncodeURIComponent (str) {
  return encodeURIComponent(str).replace(/[!'()*]/g, escape);
}

fixedEncodeURIComponent("'@#$%^&");

Check reference: http://mdn.beonex.com/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent.html