javascript replace query string value [duplicate]

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add or update query string parameter

I am trying to replace the page number in the query string no matter what digit is to 1.

query string

index.php?list&page=2&sort=epub

javascript

window.location.href.replace(new RegExp("/page=.*?&/"), "page=1&")

ruakh · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-07 18:01:05Z

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Your code looks almost right; however:

you need to use either new RegExp or the special // regex syntax, but not both.
the replace method doesn't modify the string in-place, it merely returns a modified copy.
rather than .*?, I think it makes more sense to write \d+; more-precise regexes are generally less likely to go awry in cases you haven't thought of.

So, putting it together:

window.location.href = window.location.href.replace(/page=\d+/, "page=1");

answered Nov 7, 2012 at 18:01

ruakh

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