What is the proper syntax to display 25' as output description?

Example:

var sizeData = [            
    {description:'Remended sizes listed below', value:'', text:'Select Size'},                   
    {description:'Boat < 25 &prime;, value:'size0', text:'Size 0'},
    {description:'25-35 Foot Boat', value:'size2', text:'Size 2'},
    {description:'40-45 Foot Boat', value:'size3', text:'Size 3'},
];

What is the proper syntax to display 25' as output description?

Example:

var sizeData = [            
    {description:'Remended sizes listed below', value:'', text:'Select Size'},                   
    {description:'Boat < 25 &prime;, value:'size0', text:'Size 0'},
    {description:'25-35 Foot Boat', value:'size2', text:'Size 2'},
    {description:'40-45 Foot Boat', value:'size3', text:'Size 3'},
];

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• 1 That is not JSON! – Bergi Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 1:12
• The prime character is a distinct Unicode character. You can use it inside a singe-quote encapsulated string normally. – Šime Vidas Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 1:12
• stackoverflow./questions/2275359/… – woodlumhoodlum Commented Jan 17, 2013 at 1:22

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In a JSON file, where all strings are delimited with double quotes, you can just write apostrophes.

In a JavaScript object literal, where you can delimit strings with apostrophes as well, you then will need to escape them with a backslash: '\'' (dobule quote delimiters: just "'").

The prime symbol - which is different from the apostrophe you typed - can be inserted without harm. Depending on the encoding of your file, you might need to write it a bit different. In HTML you can replace it with the entity ′, in both JSON and JavaScript you can replace it with the escape sequence \u2032 if you do not want to use the remended UTF-8 character ′.

Like so:

foo: '25′'

Notice that the prime character and the apostrophe character are two different Unicode characters. You can put the prime character inside a single-quote encapsulated string normally.

Btw, above the prime character is printed in monospace font. This is how it looks in sans-serif:

25′, and 25′′

var sizeData = [
{description:\'Remended sizes listed below\', value:\'\', text:\'Select Size\'},
{description:\'Boat < 25 ′, value:\'size0\', text:\'Size 0\'} ];

You can enclose a (') using a "". Basically like this " ' ".