[thelist] regexp replace?

[Hassan Schroeder]

Tom Dell'Aringa wrote:
>
> Sorry, in JavaScript!
>
> so "s/-//g" is the match right? is that saying find "-" globally? Then how can I replace it?

JavaScript also has a replace() function, but it takes a regexp as
an argument (unlike Java), so --

	newSSNString = originalSSNString.replace(/-/g, "");

The sed-style 's/-//g' also replaces the - with "", because there's
no replacement text in the second pairing of slashes // , and yes,
the 'g' means global.

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