replace

Description

Replaces the text found by a regular expression or a string with other text.

Syntax

1. StringObj.replace(rgExp, replaceText)
2. "String Literal".replace(rgExp, replaceText)
3. "String Literal".replace(text, replaceText[, bReplaceAll])
4. StringObj.replace(text, replaceText[, bRepalceAll])

Parameters

rgExp

A Regular Expression object describing what to search for.

replaceText

A String object or literal containing the text to replace for every successful match of rgExp in stringObj.

text

String. Specifies the text to search for.

bReplaceAll

Optional. Boolean. Determines whether to replace all found patterns in the string.

Returns

The result of the replace method is a copy of stringObj after all replacements have been made.

Example

var str = "thanksHellosfsdgfsdgHello";
while (str.search("Hello") >= 0)
    str = str.replace("Hello", "world");