Question

I have a word : [lesserthen] , that I need to replace with < zero or more times in a string. I’m using the String.replace method to do so. But the word is only replaced one time in the string, I need to be replaced more then one time. I’m very weak with regular expressions and I’m interested to find a solution for this problem.

Here is the code I’ve been using:

var wordReplaced='This a text with one [lesserthen], and another [lesserthen]'; wordReplaced=wordReplaced.replace('[lesserthen]','<'): 

The result I am aiming is:

This a text with one <, and another <

But what I got instead is:

This a text with one <, and another [lesserthen]

Answer 1

Try using an actual regex (with ‘g’ option) in the replace instead of a search string, for example:

wordReplaced = wordReplaced.replace(/\[lesserthen\]/g,'<');