Find comma in quotes with regex and replace with HTML equiv

Question

I\'m looking in a string such as:

\"Hello, Tim\"

Land of the free, and home of the brave

And I need it to become:

\"Hello&         


        

Answer 1

var str = '"Hello, Tim"\n\
\n\
Land of the free, and home of the brave';

str
.split('"')
.map(function(v,i){ return i%2===0 ? v : v.replace(',',','); })
.join('"');

Check MDC for an implementation of map() for non-supporting browsers.