Maybe:
document.getElementById("input").value.replace(String.fromCharCode(150), "–");
Ross
2010-03-09 20:02:49
A:
Why 150? The numeric for ndash is 8211?
dacracot
2010-03-09 20:09:31
It's the decimal ascii code for an ndash. Did you try it?
Ross
2010-03-09 20:21:00
I tried it... It eliminates the ndash rather than substituting the entity. Curious.
dacracot
2010-03-09 20:26:29
+1
A:
Use its Unicode code point in a pattern literal
document.getElementById("input").value.replace( /\u2013/g, "–");
Peter Bailey
2010-03-09 22:06:51