Why doesn't the javascript replace global flag work in Chrome or IE, and how to I work around it?

Question

According to the String.prototype.replace() page on MDN, I should be able to easily replace multiple patterns just by using

str.replace(\'what to replace\',          


        

Answer 1

It appears that webkit's implementation of string.replace perhaps doesn't have the 3rd parameter, as 'foo'.replace('o','i','g') results in fio for me.

The following appears to work however:

'foo'.replace(/o/gi,'i')

Another option is:

'foo'.replace(new RegExp('o', 'gi'),'i')