Find and Replace for Textarea

Question

I'm trying to create a Find/Replace thing for my text area. I got the find done but I can't get the replace code together.

My search code is:

function setSelectionRange(input, selectionStart, selectionEnd) {
    input.focus();
    input.setSelectionRange(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
}

function selectString(input, string) {
    var match = new RegExp(string, "i").exec(input.value);
    if (match) {
        setSelectionRange(input, match.index, match.index + match[0].length);
    }
}

How would I make a replace function if possible?

this link may help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3365902/search-for-all-instances-of-a-string-inside-a-string — zdrsh, Oct 15 '11 at 00:02
Don't you see it? Its, How would I make a replace function if possible? — Shawn31313, Oct 15 '11 at 04:47

Scott · Answer 1 · 2013-08-09T22:52:08.577

For the find dialog:

I had the same question and nobody could answer it! I made a JDialog with a JLabel, JTextField and two JButtons (next and previous). I added action listeners so that when a key was released on the JTextField it would select the first occurrence of the word using .indexOf(myTextField.getText());. I then had the next and previous buttons find the word with action listeners. If you still want the code then just comment, I'll find it on my computer.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '11 at 23:32

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You'll want to use the replace function in Javascript. It accepts a regular expression for the search string.

string = string.replace(input.value, "replace value here")

answered Oct 14 '11 at 23:32

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I want a real one thought. I need it so I can click Next and it will show the next found item. – Shawn31313 Oct 14 '11 at 23:41

Find and Replace for Textarea

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