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HTML

<input type="button" onclick="doCheck('eo' + String.fromCharCode(65537));" value="click">

JavaScript

function doCheck(str) {
    alert('Method1 for:' + str);
    if (validateIllegalChars(str)) alert('is OK');
    else alert('in KOKO');
    alert('Method2 for:' + str);
    if (val2(str)) alert('Method2 is OK');
    else alert('Method2 is KOKO');
}

function validateIllegalChars(str) {
    var re = /[^\u0009\u000A\u000D\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD]/g;
    var str2 = str.replace(re, '');
    alert('str2:' + str2);
    if (str2 != str) return false;
    return true;
}

function val2(str) {
    var re2 = /[^\u0009\r\n\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD]/g;
    var str2 = str.replace(re2, '');
    alert('str2:' + str2);
    if (str2 != str) return false;
    return true;
}