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"test<br>test<br>test<br>test".replace('/<br>/g', '\n');

Does not replace the <br>'s with \n, it leaves the string unchanged. I can't figure out why.

Boyd
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    `'/
    /g'` is a string, not a regex. Lose the quotes. It's looking for the *literal* string `'/
    /g'`. You want `.replace(/
    /g, '\n');`. JavaScript has RegEx literals.     – gen_Eric Apr 07 '14 at 17:51
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    duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8062399/how-replace-html-br-with-newline-character-n – Mostafa Berg Apr 07 '14 at 17:52

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Because you're passing the regex object as a string instead of a regex. Remove the '' from the first argument you're passing to replace()

jxpx777
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You need to use a Regex literal, not a string:

"test<br>test<br>test<br>test".replace(/<br>/g, '\n');
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