JavaScript Non-regex Replace

Question

Do any of the existing JavaScript frameworks have a non-regex replace() function, or has this already been posted on the web somewhere as a one-off function?

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Answer 1

I had exactly the same problem searching for a non-regex javascript string replace() method. My solution was to use a combination of split() and join():

"some text containing regex interpreted characters: $1.00".split("$").join("£");

which gives:

"some text containing regex interpreted characters: £1.00"

compare with replace():

"some text containing regex interpreted characters: $1.00".replace(new RegExp("$"),"£")

which bizarrely gives:

"some text containing regex interpreted characters: $1.00£"