If you are using it for db purpose, regarding the single quote issue, you can look at:
ActiveRecord::Base#sanitize_sql
Or a more flexible replacement, try 'gsub':
clean_string = "test".gsub(/[regex]/, '[replaced character]')
If you are using it for db purpose, regarding the single quote issue, you can look at:
ActiveRecord::Base#sanitize_sql
Or a more flexible replacement, try 'gsub':
clean_string = "test".gsub(/[regex]/, '[replaced character]')