Removing special characters from strings, and replacig fixes

main.js

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class StringUtils {
     var toremove = this.NormalizeSpaces(val)
 
     var regex = new RegExp(char, 'g')
-    toremove.replace(regex, ' ')
+    toremove = toremove.replace(regex, ' ')
 
     return this.RemoveUnnecesarySpaces(toremove)
   }
@@ -107,11 +107,21 @@ class StringUtils {
     var removableChars = [',', '.', ':', '!']
     for (var i = 0; i < removableChars.length; i++) {
       var regex = new RegExp(removableChars[i], 'g')
-      value.replace(regex, '')
+      value = value.replace(regex, '')
     }
     return value
   }
 
+  RemoveSpecialChars (value) {
+    assert(value)
+
+    let removableChars = ['&']
+    return removableChars.reduce((res, x) => {
+      let regex = new RegExp(x, 'g')
+      return res.replace(regex, '')
+    }, value)
+  }
+
   // if the value is empty, or whitespace
   EmptyOrWhiteSpace (value) {
     // replaces /n-s with "". then replaces spaces with "". if it equals "", then its empty, or only consists of white space
@@ -146,9 +156,9 @@ class StringUtils {
 
 class Question {
   constructor (q, a, i) {
-    this.Q = q
+    this.Q = SUtils.RemoveSpecialChars(q)
-    this.A = a
+    this.A = SUtils.RemoveSpecialChars(a)
-    this.I = i
+    this.I = SUtils.RemoveSpecialChars(i)
   }
 
   toString () {