Replace forward slash “/ ” character in JavaScript string?

Question

I have this string:

var someString = \"23/03/2012\";

and want to replace all the \"/\" with \"-\".

I tried to do this:

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Answer 1

Try escaping the slash: someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

By the way - / is a (forward-)slash; \ is a backslash.

Answer 2

Area.replace(new RegExp(/\//g), '-') replaces multiple forward slashes (/) with -

Answer 3

Escape it: someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

Answer 4

Just use the split - join approach:

my_string.split('/').join('replace_with_this')

Answer 5

You can just replace like this,

 var someString = "23/03/2012";
 someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

It works for me..

Answer 6

First of all, that's a forward slash. And no, you can't have any in regexes unless you escape them. To escape them, put a backslash (\) in front of it.

someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

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