How to put in extended ASCII-characters into textbox with javascript

Question

I'm trying to create an autofill function. I'm using a select list, and based on option selected, some textboxes gets values put into them. The only problem is that I can't get extended ASCII-characters into a textbox with the function I'm using.

JS:

function fillContact() {
    var contact = document.getElementById('contact'),
        namebox = document.getElementById('namebox');

    if (contact.value === 'Bjorn') {
        namebox.value = 'Bj' + String.fromCharCode(148) + 'rn';
    }
    else if (contact.value === 'Tommy') {
        namebox.value = 'Tommy';
    }
}

HTML:

<select id='contact' onchange='fillContact();'>
   <option selected>-Choose contact-</option>
   <option value='Bjorn'>Bjorn</option>
   <option value='Tommy'>Tommy</option>
</select>

Name: <input type='textbox' id='namebox'>

String.fromCharCode() just doesn't encompass ASCII-character 148 (ö), that I want to put into a textbox. Any other String-function that can make it work? Something like String.getExtendedCharCode(148), or equivalent?

Note that other characters up to 128 works, and that contact 'Tommy' works.

JavaScript uses Unicode/UTF-16. Your question seems to be based on a misunderstanding of what ASCII means and what "extended ASCII" doesn't mean. Regardless, they aren't relevant. — Tom Blodget
– Tom Blodget, Commented Jul 1, 2015 at 22:57

Andrei Zhamoida · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-01 12:48:33Z

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namebox.value = 'Bj' + "\xF6" + 'rn';

answered Jul 1, 2015 at 12:48

Andrei Zhamoida

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