I need to replace all the letters in a sentence to * (asterisks).
My code is
var password='hello world';
password.replace(/\S/g, '*');
All the letters are getting replaced but not the space. How can that too be replaced ?
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2What don't you use <input type="password" ... /> ?Farshid Zaker– Farshid Zaker2012-12-22 17:37:05 +00:00Commented Dec 22, 2012 at 17:37
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3 Answers
\s will match spaces
\S (capital S) will match everything BUT spaces
. will match every character
So to replace every character:
password.replace(/./g, '*');
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What about
password.replace(/[a-zA-Z|\s]/g, '*');
This matches letters and spaces but use the other answer if you ment all characters. Although even better use an input of type "password" if that will achieve what you want to do.
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Change your code to:
var password='hello world';
password=password.replace(/[\S ]/g, '*');
Tested and illustrated here: http://jsfiddle.net/HSP2P/
