Multiple Regex replace

Question

I am boggled by regex I think I\'m dyslexic when it comes to these horrible bits of code.. anyway, there must be an easier way to do this- (ie. list a set of replace instanc

Answer 1

You can just chain them all in order.

function clean(string) {
    return string.replace(/\@~rb~@/g, '').replace(/}/g, '@~rb~@')
                 .replace(/\@~lb~@/g, '').replace(/{/g, '@~lb~@')
                 .replace(/\@~qu~@/g, '').replace(/\"/g, '@~qu~@')
                 .replace(/\@~cn~@/g, '').replace(/\:/g, '@~cn~@')
                 .replace(/\@-cm-@/g, '').replace(/\,/g, '@-cm-@');
}