js replace characters code example

Example 1: replacing characters in string javascript

var myStr = 'this,is,a,test';
var newStr = myStr.replace(/,/g, '-');

console.log( newStr );  // "this-is-a-test"

Example 2: js replace characters in a string

var str = "Original string!";
var str = str.replace("Original", "New");

Example 3: replace all occurrences of a string in javascript

const p = 'dog dog cat rat';

const regex = /dog/gi;

console.log(p.replace(regex, 'cow'));
//if pattern is regular expression all matches will be replaced
//output: "cow cow cat rat"

Example 4: str replace javascript all

str.replace(/abc/g, '');