Replace first 2 letters of all matching words

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so I have a long string: "§aSomething, §bthat this §csomething else" and it's dynamic, I want to know how I can replace all of those "§a" or whatever the number is to nothing.

"§aSomething, §bthat this §csomething else".replace("§a","") — error404, Jul 17 '17 at 16:54
@AnamulHasan This will only replace the first occurrence of `"§a"` — Andreas, Jul 17 '17 at 16:57
Possible duplicate of [How to replace all occurrences of a string in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1144783/how-to-replace-all-occurrences-of-a-string-in-javascript) — Andreas, Jul 17 '17 at 16:58

Christian Esperar · Answer 1 · 2017-07-17T17:07:11.430

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Use regular expression

"§aSomething, §bthat this §csomething else".replace(/§./g,"")

. = Any single character

g = Global (search on entire string)

edited Jul 17 '17 at 17:07

answered Jul 17 '17 at 16:58

Christian Esperar

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this will only replace the first instace – ThomasK Jul 17 '17 at 17:00
Nope, if it's regex replace then it will check your entire string and replace it – Christian Esperar Jul 17 '17 at 17:01
Wow I did not know that. Good thing you corrected me – ThomasK Jul 17 '17 at 17:03
@ChristianEsperar But only with the global modifier – Andreas Jul 17 '17 at 17:03
@Andreas exactly! – Christian Esperar Jul 17 '17 at 17:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '17 at 17:22

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In case you want to increase the number of letters you can also use

var string = "§aSomething, §bthat this §csomething else"
string = string.replace(/[§][a-z]{1}/g, '');

where {1} represents the number of letters after §

Output:

Something, that this something else

answered Jul 17 '17 at 17:22

Bharath M Shetty

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Thanks bro, this is actually really helpful. – Aditya Tripathi Jul 17 '17 at 18:02
Glad it helped! – Bharath M Shetty Jul 17 '17 at 18:03

Replace first 2 letters of all matching words

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