How do I escape a single quote?

Question

How can I escape a ' (single quote) in JavaScript?

This is where I'm trying to use it:

<input type='text' id='abc' value='hel'lo'>

The result for the above code is "hel" populated in the text box. I tried to replace ' with \', but this what I'm getting.

<input type='text' id='abc' value='hel\'lo'>

The result for the above code is "hel\" populated in the text box.

How can I successfully escape the single quotes?

Answer 1

You could use HTML entities:

• ' for '
• " for "
• ...

For more, you can take a look at Character entity references in HTML.