Javascript Regex Replace Multiple Patterns

Question

I'm trying to do a replace for every pattern that looks like either:

" - ", // space dash space
" ", // space
"*", // asterisk

and replace it with a space.

I tried:

const name = "Test - number one*"
const regExName = name.replace((\s-\s)|(-)|(\s)|(\*)/g, '_');

Obviously wrong... Help please?

Shafizadeh · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-05 13:07:39Z

2

Simply use this pattern:

/ - | |\*/g

And here is full code:

const name = "Test - number one*"
const regExName = name.replace(/ - | |\*/g, '_');
document.write(regExName);

answered Jul 5, 2016 at 13:07

Shafizadeh

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str · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-05 13:07:16Z

1

You are missing the leading /:

name.replace(/(\s-\s)|(-)|(\s)|(\*)/g, '_');
             ^ here

answered Jul 5, 2016 at 13:07

str

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