Nodejs String Replace replaceAll(find, replace)

Method Source Code

// This function is used to create return id's that do not contains
// characters that conflict with event handlers
String.prototype.replaceAll = function (find, replace) {
  return this.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
};

String.prototype.sanitize = function () {

  /*var s = this.replaceAll(" ", "_");
  s = s.replaceAll(",", "");//from   w  w w.j av  a2  s  . c  o m
  s = s.replace("&", "");
  s = s.replace(":", "");
  s = s.replace(".", "");
  s = s.replace(/\(|\)/g,'');
  console.log(s);*/

  var s = this.replace(/\W+/g, "");
  return s;
};

Related

1. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function(find, replace) {
     return this.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
   };
   

2. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function (find, replace) {
       var str = this;
       return str.replace(new RegExp(find.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&'), 'g'), replace);
   };
   

3. replaceAll(find, replace)

   function escapeRegExp(string) {
       return string.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
   String.prototype.replaceAll = function (find, replace) {
       return this.replace(new RegExp(escapeRegExp(find), 'g'), replace);
   

4. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function (find, replace) {
     return this.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
   };
   

5. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function(find, replace){
     find = find.escapeRegExp();
     return this.replaceAllRegExp(find, replace);
   };
   

6. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function(find, replace) {
     var str = this;
     return str.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
   };
   

7. replaceAll(find, replace)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function (find, replace) {
       var str = this;
       return str.replace(new RegExp(find.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&'), 'g'), replace);
   };
   

8. replaceAll(from, to)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function (from, to) {
     if (from == ".")
       return this.replace(/\./g, to);
     var rgx = new RegExp(from, 'g');
     return this.replace(rgx, to);
   };
   

9. replaceAll(from, to)

   String.prototype.replaceAll = function(from, to)  {
      var str = this;
      while(str.indexOf(from)>=0) {
         str = str.replace(from, to);
      return str;