jsp - how to display the special characters inside javascript function arguments

Question

Below is the string that needs to be passed into the javascript function as i do not want to do the replace , i need to display the original subject string without any modification in the String value.

 String subject="The apostrophe ( ’ or ' ) < is a punctuation mark,";
 <td style="border: none"><a>href="javascript:showPopUpMsg('<%=subject%>')</a></td>

can you please suggest me how to parse these special characters.

Answer 1

Escape ' character with backslash ():

String subject="The apostrophe ( ’ or ' ) < is a punctuation mark,";
 <td style="border: none"><a>href="javascript:showPopUpMsg('<%=subject%>')</a></td>

Also you can use String.replace ( see String.replace method, for more info)

String subject="The apostrophe ( ’ or ' ) < is a punctuation mark,";
subject.replace("'", "'");

href="javascript:showPopUpMsg('<%=subject%>')