To replace substring.But not working for me...
var str='------check';
str.replace('-','');
Output: -----check
Jquery removes first '-' from my text. I need to remove all hypens from my text. My expected output is 'check'
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7Incidentally, this is plain Javascript, not jquery.Colin Fine– Colin Fine2010-12-10 15:38:29 +00:00Commented Dec 10, 2010 at 15:38
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1w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_replace.asp Here it is...NoWar– NoWar2014-01-31 18:15:07 +00:00Commented Jan 31, 2014 at 18:15
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simplest:
str = str.replace(/-/g, "");
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Try this instead:
str = str.replace(/-/g, '');
.replace() does not modify the original string, but returns the modified version.
With the g at the end of /-/g all occurences are replaced.
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Andy E
jAndy, your regular expression is inside a string literal, you need to do away with the
' for this to work :-) (Also, it's not necessary to escape the hyphen, which has no special meaning outside of a character class).str.replace(/\-/g, '');
The regex g flag is global.
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replace only replace the first occurrence of the substring.
Use replaceAll to replace all the occurrence.
var str='------check';
str.replaceAll('-','');
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You can write a short function that loops through and replaces all occurrences, or you can use a regex.
var str='------check';
document.write(str.replace(/-+/g, ''));