# String.replace(); help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-replace-help/274314>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 28, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-replace-help/274314 "2008-10-28T12:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![sceneshift](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@sceneshift](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sceneshift)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-replace-help/274314/1 "2008-10-28T12:06:59Z")

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I have a string: “this is some test®”

And I need to to replace ® with the actual symbol. I have tried everything to get str.replace to replace this, but I can’t seem to get it to work. Can anyone help me out?