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In Javascript, how can I perform a global replace on string with a variable inside '/' and '/g'?

Asked 2009-02-12T16:49:52.467
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I want to perform a global replace of string using String.replace in Javascript.

In the documentation I read that I can do this with /g, i.e. for example;

var mystring = mystring.replace(/test/g, mystring);

and this will replace all occurrences inside mystring. No quotes for the expression.

But if I have a variable to find, how can I do this without quotes?

I've tried something like this:

var stringToFind = "test";

//first try

mystring = mystring.replace('/' + stringToFind + '/g', mystring);

//second try, not much sense at all

mystring = mystring.replace(/stringToFind/g, mystring);

but they don't work. Any ideas?

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String.prototype.replaceAll = function (replaceThis, withThis) {
   var re = new RegExp(RegExp.quote(replaceThis),"g"); 
   return this.replace(re, withThis);
};


RegExp.quote = function(str) {
     return str.replace(/([.?*+^$[\]\\(){}-])/g, "\\$1");
};

var aa = "qwerr.erer".replaceAll(".","A");
alert(aa);

silmiar post

answered 2009-02-13T04:35:43.473

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