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Adding a replace() Method to the String Object

  

<html>
<head>
  <title>Adding a replace() Method to the String Object</title>
</head>
<body>
  <script language="JavaScript1.1" type="text/javascript">
  <!--
    String.prototype.replace = stringReplace;
   
    function stringReplace(findText, replaceText) {   
      var originalString = new String(this);
   
      var pos = 0;
      var len = findText.length;
      pos = originalString.indexOf(findText);
      while (pos != -1) {
        preString = originalString.substring(0, pos);
        postString = originalString.substring(pos + len,originalString.length);
        originalString = preString + replaceText + postString;
        pos = originalString.indexOf(findText);
      }
      return originalString;
    }

    var origString = new String("This is a test");
    var findString = new String("i");
    var replaceString = new String("I");
   
    var resultString = origString.replace(findString, replaceString)
   
    document.write("The original string was: " + origString + "<br>");
    document.write("We searched for: " + findString + "<br>");
    document.write("We replaced it with: " + replaceString + "<br>");
    document.write("The result was: " + resultString);
  //-->
  </script>
</body>
</html>








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