Using a variable to produce regex to use in replace function of javascript [duplicate]

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var n=str.replace(/blue/g,"red");

This replaces blue in the string to red.

But I get only string blue as a string to replace. I need to replace all instances of it case insensitive as well. I am not able to keep blue in a variable and then use it in replace. I tried this. But it wont work.

var i = blue;
var rep = "/"+i+"/gi";
var n=str.replace(rep,"red");

kufudo · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-18 06:08:54Z

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Why not:

var i = "blue";
var p = new RegExp(i,"gi");
var n = str.replace(p, "red");

answered Feb 18, 2013 at 6:08

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