Why doesn't the javascript replace global flag work in Chrome or IE, and how to I work around it?

Question

According to the String.prototype.replace() page on MDN, I should be able to easily replace multiple patterns just by using

str.replace(\'what to replace\',          


        

Answer 1

The very page you linked to mentions:

The use of the flags parameter in the String.replace method is non-standard. For cross-browser compatibility, use a RegExp object with corresponding flags.

Basically, it should only work on Firefox. As per the documentation, you can generate regexes dynamically using new RegExp:

var regex = new RegExp(variable, 'gi');
questionText = questionText.replace(regex, rep);

This will need variable to be escaped, however.