JavaScript basic replace two chars in same string

Question

I have:

var foo = \'(bar)\'
foo.replace(\'(\', \'\').replace(\')\', \'\')

So, I get bar without parentheses, is there a better

Answer 1

You could use:

foo = foo.replace(/[()]/g, '');

That involves a simple regular expression that matches all instances of either open- or close-parentheses. Note that you have to include that assignment, as ".replace()" does not modify the string; it returns the modified string.