How to escape ' for a:contains(...)

Question

How can I escape content for characters such as an apostrophe ? The following a:contains is choking on the string literal ``` $('a:contains('\This'is choking on the apostrophe\').... ```

Accepted Answer

You can try this:

```
$('a:contains("This isn\'t choking on the apostrophe")')
```

Or this:

```
$("a:contains('This isn\'t choking on the apostrophe')")
```

How to escape ' for a:contains(...)

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