replace all special characters in javascript code example

Example 1: js remove special characters

var desired = stringToReplace.replace(/[^\w\s]/gi, '')

Example 2: javascript have special characters

var format = /[ `!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};':"\\|,.<>\/?~]/;
//            ^                                       ^   
document.write(format.test("My@string-with(some%text)") + "<br/>");
document.write(format.test("My string with spaces") + "<br/>");
document.write(format.test("MyStringContainingNoSpecialChars"));