Reliable replace function?

[D. Alvarado]

Hello,
Can anyone recommend a good Javascript cross-browser string replace
method? On both PC Mozilla Firefox and IE 6, I tried this

var str = requiredField.replace("_", " ");

where requiredField = "Ship_To_First_Name", but sadly the value of str
was "Ship To_First_Name". It seemed only one "_" had been replaced.

Thanks for any advice, - Dave

 

[Lee]

D. Alvarado said:

Hello,
Can anyone recommend a good Javascript cross-browser string replace
method? On both PC Mozilla Firefox and IE 6, I tried this

var str = requiredField.replace("_", " ");

where requiredField = "Ship_To_First_Name", but sadly the value of str
was "Ship To_First_Name". It seemed only one "_" had been replaced.

You used a correct and reliable method, you simply failed to read the
documentation. If you pass a RegExp object as the first argument, you
can specify the "global replacement" switch:

var str = requiredField.replace(/_/g, " ");

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

var str = requiredField.replace("_", " ");

where requiredField = "Ship_To_First_Name", but sadly the value of str
was "Ship To_First_Name". It seemed only one "_" had been replaced.

Works as designed.

var str = requiredField.replace(/_/g, " ");

RTFM.


PointedEars