Javascript: String.Replace

Question

I'm trying to replace a special character (^) in javascript with string.replace but am not having much luck.

Here's what I've tried so far:

var Temp;
Temp = lstRsns.options(i).text;

Temp = Temp.replace(/^/g, '\r\n');
Temp = Temp.replace(/'^'/g, '\r\n');
Temp = Temp.replace(/"^"/g, '\r\n');
Temp = Temp.replace(/^/g, "\r\n");
Temp = Temp.replace(/'^'/g, "\r\n");
Temp = Temp.replace(/"^"/g, "\r\n");

Any ideas? I get the text value from my listbox alright, it's just the darned ^ won't go away.

Thanks in advance for any/all help.

-Jason

Did you look at [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2608205/replace-special-characters-in-string-in-java) thread? — Nadir Muzaffar, Aug 11 '11 at 16:41

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '11 at 16:40

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It's a regexp meta character, and therefore needs to be escaped so it is treated as a literal:

Temp = Temp.replace(/\^/g, '\r\n');

answered Aug 11 '11 at 16:40

Sean Bright

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '11 at 16:41

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you need to escape it with \ because it's a special character

answered Aug 11 '11 at 16:41

Jerome Cance

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Javascript: String.Replace

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