[Javascript] Escaping the PLUS SIGN

[David Lovering]

This isn't the most general solution, but how about

var re = /\+/g;
var newstr = str.replace(re, "_");  // or whatever other character is more
appropriate

I just tested it, and it worked fine.

-- Dave Lovering

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From: "innerlab.com" <info at innerlab.com>
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Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: [Javascript] Escaping the PLUS SIGN


> Hello:
>
> I am trying to replace plus signs in a string with another character, but
> I am getting a lot of errors. Below is a simple example in which a text
> in a string is replaced by another:
>
> var str ="She sells sea shells by the sea";  // original string
>
> var strCut = "shells";  // text to be replaced by the one below
> var replStr = "food";  // text that replaces the one above
>
> // replacing actions
> var reg = new RegExp("\\b" + strCut + "\\b", "gi" )
> var newstr = str.replace(reg, replStr)
>
> //   output
> document.write(newstr)
>
> The original string becomes "She sells sea food by the sea"
>
> Now, how can I make the variable strCut be a plus sign?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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