Replace pattern within string with space

Question

I am getting long string with multiple occurances of pattern './.'. The string has dates as well in a format of dd.mm.yyyy.

First I tried with javascript replace method as:

str.replace('./.', ''). But it replaced only first occurance of './.'

Then I tried another regex which replaces special characters but it didn't work as it replaced '.' within dates as well.

How do I replace multiple occurances of a pattern './.' without affecting any other characters of a string ?

Answer 1

1. Escape . and d \
2. Add a g for global

Like this

str = str.replace(/\./\./g, '');

Answer 2

. is a special character in a regexp, it matches any character, you have to escape it.

str.replace(/\.\/\./g, '');

Answer 3

Use this simple pattern:

/\.\/\./g 

to find all "./." strings in your text.

Answer 4

Try it :

str.replace(/\.\/\./g, '');