Replace double quotes in a string

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the letter
Q?

source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );

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[Michael Winter]

Re: Replace double quotes in a string

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:44:09 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Benson-Manica
<ataru@nospam.c yberspace.org> wrote:
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> Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the letter Q?
>
> source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );[/color]

It does for me. Are you forgetting to reassign the result to 'source'?

Mike

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[Ivo]

Re: Replace double quotes in a string

"Christophe r Benson-Manica" wrote[color=blue]
> Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the
> letter Q?
>
> source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );[/color]

Because your regex looks for strings with at least two quotes, possibly
separated by other characters.
To replace all double quotes, no matter what, the regex is at its simplest:

source.replace( /"/g, 'Q' );

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[Christopher Benson-Manica]

Re: Replace double quotes in a string

Michael Winter <M.Winter@bluey onder.co.invali d> spoke thus:
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> It does for me. Are you forgetting to reassign the result to 'source'?[/color]

*sheepish* Yes :(

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