Replace part of string with tag in JSX

Question

I\'m trying to replace parts of a string with JSX tags, like so:

render: function() {
    result = this.props.text.replace(\":\",


        
      

Answer 1

The accepted answer is two years old. For this problem issue #3368 was created and based on the solution provided by a Facebook employee working on React, react-string-replace was created.

Using react-string-replace, here is how you can solve your problem

const reactStringReplace = require('react-string-replace');

const HighlightNumbers = React.createClass({
  render() {
    const content = 'Hey my number is 555:555:5555.';
    return (
      
        {reactStringReplace(content, ':', (match, i) => (
          

        ))}
      
    );
  },
});