js .replace() code example

Example 1: javascript replace all

const p = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. If the dog reacted, was it really lazy?';

console.log(p.replaceAll('dog', 'monkey'));
// expected output: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy monkey. If the monkey reacted, was it really lazy?"

// global flag required when calling replaceAll with regex
const regex = /Dog/ig;
console.log(p.replaceAll(regex, 'ferret'));
// expected output: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy ferret. If the ferret reacted, was it really lazy?"

Example 2: javascript replace string

var str = "JavaScript replace method test";
var res = str.replace("test", "success");  
//res = Javscript replace method success

Example 3: javascript replace element

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <div>
    <a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">StackOverflow</a>
  </div>
<script type="text/JavaScript">
  var myAnchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
  var mySpan = document.createElement("span");
  mySpan.innerHTML = "replaced anchor!";
  myAnchor.parentNode.replaceChild(mySpan, myAnchor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Example 4: javascript replace

var res = str.replace("find", "replace");

Example 5: 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 6: 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

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