JS strings have the replace() method. But this method will only replace the first matched string. For example:
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE> New Document </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <script> var str = "wordwordwordword"; var strNew = str.replace("word","Excel"); alert(strNew); </script> </BODY> </HTML>
If you want to replace all, JS does not provide a method like replaceAll. The effect of Replace can be achieved using regular tables:
str.replace(/word/g,"Excel")
g means: perform a global match (find all matches instead of stopping after the first match is found).
<HEAD> <TITLE> New Document </TITLE> <script> function replaceAll(str) { if(str!=null) str = str.replace(/word/g,"Excel") return str; } </script> </HEAD> <BODY> <script> var str = "wordwordwordword"; var strNew = str.replace("word","Excel"); strNew = replaceAll(str); alert(strNew); </script> </BODY> </HTML>
The above writing method has a similar writing method:
str.replace(new RegExp("word","gm"),"Excel")
g performs a global match (finds all matches instead of stopping after the first match is found).
m performs multi-line matching.
In addition, you can also add the prototype method of the Stirng object:
String.prototype.replaceAll = function(s1,s2){ return this.replace(new RegExp(s1,"gm"),s2); }
This way you can use replaceAll just like using the replace method
str.replaceAll("word","Excel");
To summarize, there are three ways
1. str.replace(/oldString/g,newString)
2. str.replace(new RegExp(oldString,"gm"),newString)
3. Add String object prototype method replaceAll