date and replace method only change the first found value

Question

I m trying to replace some values from a date but it only change the first found value.

var date= cars.getAttribute("myLastDate");
var dateChanged= date.replace("/", ",");
alert (dateChanged);

Best regards.

MDN is a really good reference on usage of JS functions like [`.replace()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/replace), and on JS in general. — nnnnnn, Nov 27 '12 at 10:56

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:58

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If you don't need any regular expressions then I recommend the simpler split/join method to do search and replace.

var dateChanged = date.split("/").join(",");

answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:58

Jim Blackler

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:54

3

You need to invoke the global flag using a regular expression:

var dateChanged= date.replace(/\//g, ",");

answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:54

jAndy

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:55

1

replace in javascript use regular expression , u have to add /g at the end

date.replace(text/g,' ')

answered Nov 27 '12 at 10:55

Mahmoud Farahat

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