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Asked: 2026-05-26T14:23:36+00:00

I’m working on this small code: http://jsfiddle.net/5kXBk/ If you type foo $42 bar in

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I’m working on this small code: http://jsfiddle.net/5kXBk/
If you type “foo $42 bar” in the first div, you get the correct text coloration. But if you add a new line and start writing, the text remains green…

How can I solve this?
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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re using ^ and $ in your RegExp. This causes the RegExp to only match only one string: a string which fully matches the pattern.

    Use the following RE instead, at fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/5kXBk/7/

    text = text.replace(/([^$]*)((?\$\d+)*)(.*?)(?=<br|$)/g, "<span class=\"blue\">$1</span><span class=\"red\">$2</span><span class=\"green\">$3</span>");
    1. ([^$]*) Any non-dollar sign
    2. ((?:\$\d+)*) Any “A dollar sign with at least one number”
    3. (.*?) Any character
    4. (?=<br|$) Before an end (<br> or $) (contentEditable converts newlines into <br>s)
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