I am using below code to replace , with \n\t
ss.replace(',','\n\t')
and i want to replace all the coma in string with \n so add this ss.replaceAll(',','\n\t') it din't work..........!
any idea how to get over........?
thank you.
3 Answers
You need to do a global replace. Unfortunately, you can't do this cross-browser with a string argument: you need a regex instead:
ss.replace(/,/g, '\n\t');
The g modifer makes the search global.
Comments
You need to use regexp here. Please try following
ss.replace(/,/g,”\n\t”)
g means replace it globally.
Comments
Here's another implementation of replaceAll.
String.prototype.replaceAll = function (stringToFind, stringToReplace) {
if (stringToFind === stringToReplace) return this;
var temp = this;
var index = temp.indexOf(stringToFind);
while (index != -1) {
temp = temp.replace(stringToFind, stringToReplace);
index = temp.indexOf(stringToFind);
}
return temp;
};
Then you can use it like:
var myText = "My Name is George";
var newText = myText.replaceAll("George", "Michael");
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RBILLC
Thank you sir, have you compared the performance difference to Regex? I could not get Regex global replace working...
Adam
This will go into an infinite loop if the stringToFind includes part of the stringToReplace. Consider keeping a record of the current index (starting at -1) and have the while loop check if the next index is greater than the current index.
String.prototype.replaceAll = function(fromReplace, toReplace){ return this.replace(new RegExp(fromReplace, 'ig'), toReplace); }