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

You can also pass a RegExp object to the replace method like

var regexUnderscore = new RegExp("_", "g"); //indicates global match
var regexHash = new RegExp("#", "g");

string.replace(regexHash, "").replace(regexUnderscore, " ");

Javascript RegExp