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.