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HTML
<input id="subjectText" value="MyMessage' My'Message" />
JavaScript
var subject = escape($("#subjectText").val());
$("#subjectText").val(unescape("Re: " + subject));
<input id="subjectText" value="MyMessage' My'Message" />
var subject = escape($("#subjectText").val());
$("#subjectText").val(unescape("Re: " + subject));