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@pbojinov
Created August 14, 2013 20:14
basic javascript regex: global, case insensitive
/**
* Replace single instance, case sensitive
*/
var sentence = "Hello my name is petar petar"
var findTilda = /petar/;
sentence = sentence.replace(findTilda, '&');
alert(sentence); //Hello my name is & petar
/**
* Replace all instances, case sensitive
*/
var sentence = "Hello my name is petar petar"
var findTilda = /petar/g;
sentence = sentence.replace(findTilda, '&');
alert(sentence); //Hello my name is & &
/**
* Replace all instances, case insensitive
*/
var sentence = "Hello my name is peTar Petar"
var findName = /Petar/gi;
sentence = sentence.replace(findName, '&');
alert(sentence); //Hello my name is & &
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