How to avoid single quotes in Flash?

Question

I have text provided by the user and I need to add all backslashes and single quotes with backslashes. How to do it?

Answer 1

var string:String = "something 'is' \\fishy here";
trace(string);//something 'is' \fishy here
string = string.replace(/(['\\])/g, "\\$1");
trace(string);//something \'is\' \\fishy here

Answer 2

Amarghosh's answer is this place. If you need an easy way to test the AS3 regex, Grant Skinner Regexr is awesome.