To replace a word or characters in a string, using JavaScript.
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You can cut that function to half the length and speed it up slightly using str.replace instead of using str.substring, like below. Otherwise it's good :) ------------------------------------ function str_replace(str,stra,strb) { while(str.indexOf(stra)!=-1) { str=str.replace(stra,strb); } return str; } ------------------------------------ (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
8/13/2004 10:47:29 PM:
so, what's wrong with javascript's built-in string replace()?
e.g.
var foo = "foo"; var bar = "bar"; var str = "a string with the word foo in it"; str = str.replace(foo, bar);
if you need global replace, use regex:
var foo = "foo"; var bar = "bar"; var regex = new RegExp(foo, "gi"); var str = "string foo with foo in it foo many times foo"; str = str.replace(regex, bar);
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Great Ideas shared, take one more I use. function ReplaceAll(varb, replaceThis, replaceBy) { newvarbarray=varb.split(replaceThis); newvarb=newvarbarray.join(r eplaceBy); return newvarb; } (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
btw, I like your solution Rickard, simple and clear. Using regular expressions is probably the most 'correct' way thou. I probably wouldn't use the split and join method when Rickard's is it :)
Happy coding, Rd. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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8/10/2004 7:51:24 AM: 
