Convert smart quotes

Question

How can I replace smart quotes that have been entered into a form where the user has pasted from an MSWord document? I want to replace the smart quote with a simple apostrophe. I understand that the smart quote for a single quotation is represented by the following in Flex: ’
Thank you!

Answer 1

If you use regular expressions, you could do it in a single line and much faster:
In the following example, only the first instance of "sh" (case-sensitive)  is replaced:
var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/; 
var str:String = "She sells seashells by the seashore.";
trace(str.replace(myPattern, "sch")); 
    // She sells seaschells by the seashore.
In the following example, all instances of "sh" (case-sensitive)  are replaced because the g (global) flag is set in the regular expression:
var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/g; 
var str:String = "She sells seashells by the seashore.";
trace(str.replace(myPattern, "sch")); 
    // She sells seaschells by the seaschore.
Dany