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.r eplace("_", " ");

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]

Re: Reliable replace function?

D. Alvarado said:[color=blue]
>
>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.r eplace("_", " ");
>
>where requiredField = "Ship_To_First_ Name", but sadly the value of str
>was "Ship To_First_Name". It seemed only one "_" had been replaced.[/color]

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.r eplace(/_/g, " ");

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: Reliable replace function?

D. Alvarado wrote:[color=blue]
> var str = requiredField.r eplace("_", " ");
>
> where requiredField = "Ship_To_First_ Name", but sadly the value of str
> was "Ship To_First_Name". It seemed only one "_" had been replaced.[/color]

Works as designed.

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

RTFM.


PointedEars