Replacing wildcard text using jquery

Question

I have a database that contains company information (address, telephone etc)

On some of the telephone numbers it will have an international code: +44 (0) 123 12345

Answer 1

Use a regular expression.

var el = $('#contactdetails');
el.html(el.html().replace(/\([0-9]\)/, "-"));

If there is more than a singe digit, then use the * for any number of occurrences of the previous expression.

el.html(el.html().replace(/\([0-9]*\)/, "-"));

Live example here