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tinks
tinks

Reputation: 323

Using replace method javascript

I have a problem with the replace method of javascript. I have a string that is:

string1 = one|two|three|four;

I wanted to replace("|" with ",");

I tried:

string1.replace("|", ",");

but is replacing only the first occurence. I also tried:

string1.replace(/|/g,",");

and result was:

string1 = "o,n,e,|,t,w,o,|,t,h,r,e,e,";

how can i make it the one below?

string1 = "one,two,three";

Thanks a lot, tinks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 111

Answers (3)

kiswa
kiswa

Reputation: 14987

You didn't escape the pipe character in the regular expression:

var string1 = "one|two|three|four";
string1.replace(/\|/g,",")

Upvotes: 3

Alex Turpin
Alex Turpin

Reputation: 47776

| is a special character in regex. You need to escape it with a backslash.

string1.replace(/\|/g,",");

Live example

Upvotes: 5

Michael Berkowski
Michael Berkowski

Reputation: 270617

| is a special character in regular expressions which makes an or selection between the left and right operands, and you must escape it with a backslash to use it as a literal character.

string1.replace(/\|/g,",");

string1 = "one|two|three|four";
"one|two|three|four"
string1.replace(/\|/g, ",");
"one,two,three,four"

Upvotes: 5

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