js find and replace code example

Example 1: javascript replace string

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

Example 2: replacing characters in string javascript

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

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

Example 3: javascript replace

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

Example 4: 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 5: 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

Example 6: str replace javascript all

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