Archive for April 12, 2007

JavaScript replace Function

Posted in JavaScript, Software, Web, internet, programming on April 12, 2007 by Joey

The JavaScript replace function takes two arguments:

The first is a regular expression (or a string)
The second is a replacement string

var StartString = 'Rub';
var ReplacedString = StartString.replace(/[rb]/gi,'n');
document.write(ReplacedString);//Result is nun

The 'gi' makes it a global (g), case-insensitive (i) replacement.

Related articles:
JavaScript Regular Expressions
JavaScript Regular Expression Case-Sensitivity
JavaScript Regular Expression Square Brackets