Question

I have a sentence (this is a dumb example sentence ) that looks like this:

I_like_to_program__.

I need a function to make it look like this:

I*like to program.

I have written this expression:

var myExpression = new RegExp("\\_", "g");
return myString.replace(myExpression, " ").trim();

That’ll output: "I like to program." –I’m close. I just need the first space to replace with a * to make it look like I*like to program.

Answer 1

If you don’t add g, javascript’s replace default to only one replacement :

return myString.replace(/\__/, "").replace(/\_/, "*").replace(/\_/g, " ");