find and replace all in variable javascript code example

Example 1: javascript replace all occurrences of string

function replaceAll(str, find, replace) {
    var escapedFind=find.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
    return str.replace(new RegExp(escapedFind, 'g'), replace);
}
//usage example
var sentence="How many shots did Bill take last night? That Bill is so crazy!";
var blameSusan=replaceAll(sentence,"Bill","Susan");

Example 2: how to use the replace method in javascript

let string = 'soandso, my name is soandso';

let replaced = string.replace(/soandso/gi, 'Dylan');

console.log(replaced); //Dylan, my name is Dylan