Replace a list of emoticons with their images

Question

I have an array with:

emoticons = {
   \':-)\' : \'smile1.gif\',
   \':)\'  : \'smile2.gif\',
   \':D\'  : \'smile3.gif\'     
}

then i hav

Answer 1

Using a regex with an array of find replace elements works well.

var emotes = [
    [':\\\)', 'happy.png'],
    [':\\\(', 'sad.png']
];

function applyEmotesFormat(body){
    for(var i = 0; i < emotes.length; i++){
        body = body.replace(new RegExp(emotes[i][0], 'gi'), '');
    }
    return body;
}