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Alejandro Espinel
Alejandro Espinel

Reputation: 91

Replacing text value from input field

Is it possible to get the value of a text input and replace part of it only?

For example, let's say I have:

$("#myTextInput").val("hello sunshine!");

And I would like to replace "hello" with "good morning" WITHOUT erasing "sunshine"... Is that possible? Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 43

Answers (1)

Pranav C Balan
Pranav C Balan

Reputation: 115222

You can use val() with callback and update based on old value 

$("#myTextInput").val(function(index, oldVal) {
  return oldVal.replace('hello', 'good morning');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input id="myTextInput" value="hello abc" />

Upvotes: 2

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