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August 14, 2013 20:14
basic javascript regex: global, case insensitive
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/** | |
* 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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