Question

I have a simple string that I’m trying to manipulate:

Your order will be processed soon:

I grab the string using:

var html = jQuery('.checkout td h4').html();

I then try to replace the ‘:’ using:

html.replace(":", ".");

When I print it out to the console, the string is the same as the original string. I’ve also tried making sure that the html variable is of type “string” by doing the following:

html = html + "";

That doesn’t do anything. In searching around, it seems that the replace function does a RegEx search and that the “:” character might have a special meaning. I do not know how to fix this. Can someone help me get rid of this stinkin’ colon?

Answer 1

The replace function returns a new string with the replacements made.
Javascript strings are immutable—it cannot modify the original string.

You need to write html = html.replace(":", ".");