Question

Given a block of string like:

var copy = "Hello world what is the day @James Bond blah bah blah blah...";

Using jQuery/JS, given:

var term = "James Bond";
var id = "XXXXXX";

How can I find all matches with '@' + term and return the something like this:

"Hello world what is the day @[XXXXXX:James Bond] blah bah blah blah..."

Thanks

Answer 1

Just use replace function:

var term = "James Bond", id = "XXXXXXX";
"Hello world what is the day @James Bond blah bah blah blah...".replace("@"+term, "@["+id+":"+term+"]");