Replace multiple characters in one replace call

Question

Very simple little question, but I don\'t quite understand how to do it.

I need to replace every instance of \'_\' with a space, and every instance of \'#\' with no

Answer 1

Here is another version using String Prototype. Enjoy!

String.prototype.replaceAll = function(obj) {
    let finalString = '';
    let word = this;
    for (let each of word){
        for (const o in obj){
            const value = obj[o];
            if (each == o){
                each = value;
            }
        }
        finalString += each;
    }

    return finalString;
};

'abc'.replaceAll({'a':'x', 'b':'y'}); //"xyc"

Answer 2

If you want to replace multiple characters you can call the String.prototype.replace() with the replacement argument being a function that gets called for each match. All you need is an object representing the character mapping which you will use in that function.

For example, if you want a replaced with x, b with y and c with z, you can do something like this:

var chars = {'a':'x','b':'y','c':'z'};
var s = '234abc567bbbbac';
s = s.replace(/[abc]/g, m => chars[m]);
console.log(s);

Output: 234xyz567yyyyxz

Answer 3

You can just try this :

str.replace(/[.#]/g, 'replacechar');

this will replace .,- and # with your replacechar !