Replacing a special character in a string

Question

I have a simple string like this, let string = "123½"; and I want to replace it.

I've already tried string.replace("½","0.5")

I'm not exactly what is happening here, but maybe it's because it's a special character?

You didn't describe what's actually happening (or not happening) — j08691, Nov 04 '19 at 20:03
Assign the result back to string `string = string.replace("½",".5")` because `String.replace()` creates a new string. — Ori Drori, Nov 04 '19 at 20:03

Jacob · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-04T20:05:48.490

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string.replace doesn't modify a string; it returns a new string. Try:

const replaced = string.replace("½","0.5");

edited Nov 04 '19 at 20:05

answered Nov 04 '19 at 20:04

Jacob

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Replace with `.5` so you won't add another 0 to the number. – Ori Drori Nov 04 '19 at 20:04

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