Replace multiple characters in one replace call

Question

Very simple little question, but I don\'t quite understand how to do it.

I need to replace every instance of \'_\' with a space, and every instance of \'#\' with no

Answer 1

If you want to replace multiple characters you can call the String.prototype.replace() with the replacement argument being a function that gets called for each match. All you need is an object representing the character mapping which you will use in that function.

For example, if you want a replaced with x, b with y and c with z, you can do something like this:

var chars = {'a':'x','b':'y','c':'z'};
var s = '234abc567bbbbac';
s = s.replace(/[abc]/g, m => chars[m]);
console.log(s);

Output: 234xyz567yyyyxz