Decoding a string in Javascript

I am having a hard time in decoding this string in javascript

'


I am using the following code
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text="'";
var output=text.unescapeHTML();

document.write(output);
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It shows '

I would like to decode it further to just a single quote

since entity code for single quote = '

I tried to use the above function in a for loop but still it gives me same result.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

You mean want to strip out that ampersand(& or &amp? Use the str_replace() function.
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_replace