replace string js 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: javascript replace

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

Example 3: 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 4: string replace javascript

let re = /apples/gi; 
let str = "Apples are round, and apples are juicy.";
let newstr = str.replace(re, "oranges"); 
console.log(newstr)

output:

"oranges are round, and oranges are juicy."

Example 5: how to replace all the string in javascript when the string is javascript variable

function name(str,replaceWhat,replaceTo){
    replaceWhat = replaceWhat.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
    var re = new RegExp(replaceWhat, 'g');
    return str.replace(re,replaceTo);
}

Example 6: javascript replaceall

//as of August 2020, not supported on older browsers
str.replaceAll("abc","def")