combining removing of numbers and underscores regex javascript

Question

I am awful at regex, and have been trying to teach myself.

In order to practice I am trying to remove all numbers and an underscores from a string.

I have been able to remove the numbers with the following, but the combination of both is bamboozling me.

var name = $(this).attr('id').replace(/\d+/g, '');

I am not sure how to combine the two. The following is one of my many efforts but to no avail.

var name = $(this).attr('id').replace(/\d+/\/_/g, '');

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-10 12:06:14Z

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You need to use a character class [\d_] that will match a digit or an underscore.

Here is a small demo:

console.log("Some_1234_6789 demo.".replace(/[\d_]+/g, ''))

answered Nov 10, 2016 at 12:06

Wiktor Stribiżew

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user3146115 · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-10 12:16:20Z

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Also Use this

$(this).attr('id').replace(/_|\d+/g,'');

or

$(this).attr('id').replace(/[_\d]+/g,'')

answered Nov 10, 2016 at 12:16

user3146115