Replacing occurence of character in a string with jquery

Question

I need to replace occurrence of very \ with - in a string. I am using the following code but it replace only for once occruence:

var start = '1/1/12';
startNew = start.replace('/', "-"); 

Result i am getting is: 1-1/12

Result i want is: 1-1-12

Answer 1

You need to use reqular expression with replace() and need to escape your forward slash.

Live Demo

var start = '1/1/12';
startNew = start.replace(/\//g, "-");

/yourtext/g is syntax for regex for replacing all occurances in replace function, since your text is forward slash / you have to escape it by putting back \ slash befor it.

Answer 2

startNew = start.replace(/\\//g, "-"); 

Answer 3

The following would do but only will replace one occurence:

"string".replace('/', '-'); // same as you have done

For a global replacement, or if you prefer regular expressions, you just have to escape the slash:

"string".replace(/\//g, '-');

Answer 4

try this:

start.replace(/\\/g,"-");