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Chapter 16 ✦ String and Number Objects (Chapters 34 and 35)
Figure 16-2: Using the default replacement regular expression
You could modify the listing so that it actually replaces text in the HTML paragraph
for IE4+ and NN6. The steps include wrapping the paragraph in its own element
(for example, a SPAN), and invoking the replace() method on the
innerHTML of that element. Assign the results to the innerHTML property of that
element to complete the job.
Listing 34-4: Lab for string.replace() and string.search()
Regular Expression Replace and Search
var mainString = “To be, or not to be: that is the question:\n”
mainString += “Whether \’tis nobler in the mind to suffer\n”
mainString += “The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,\n”
mainString += “Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,\n”
mainString += “And by opposing end them.”
function doReplace(form) {
var replaceStr = form.replaceEntry.value
var delim = (form.caseSens.checked) ? “/g” : “/gi”
var regexp = eval(“/” + form.regexp.value + delim)
form.result.value = mainString.replace(regexp, replaceStr)
}
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stringObject.replace()