Remove a semicolon in a string by JavaScript -
          this question has answer here:                               how replace occurrences of string in javascript?                                         35 answers                                          how can remove semicolon ( ; ) string using javascript?   for example:   var str = '<div id="confirmmsg" style="margin-top: -5px;">'   how can remove semicolon str ?          you can use replace  method of string object. here w3schools  says it: javascript replace() .   in case following:   str = str.replace(";", "");   you can use regular expression:   str = str.replace(/;/g, "");   this replace semicolons globally. if wish replace first instance remove g  first parameter.