How do I do global string replace without needing to escape everything?

Question

I want to replace all occurences of a pattern in a string by another string. For example, lets convert all \"$\" to \"!\":

\"$$$\" -> \"!!!\"

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Answer 1

try this:

function replaceAll(txt, replace, with_this) {
  return txt.replace(new RegExp(replace, 'g'),with_this);
}