escape & in url

How can I escape & (ampersand) in url with the correct replacement in the jQuery function. I have tried

.replace("/&/g", "&")  
.replace("/&/g", "%26") 
.replace("/&/g", "\&") 

But nothing is w开发者_Python百科orking.

If anyone has idea please share with me.

Thanks

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If you need to just escape a URL, I recommend using a JavaScript function such as encodeURIComponent.

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Try the URLEncode plugin: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/URLEncode