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JavaScript regex with escaped slashes does not replace

rated 0 times [ 12] [ 5] / answers: 1 / hits: 88037 / 14 Years ago, wed, january 12, 2011, 12:00:00

Do i have to escape slashes when putting them into regular expression?

myString = '/courses/test/user';

myString.replace(//courses/([^/]*)/.*/, $1);

document.write(myString);

Instead of printing test, it prints the whole source string.

See this demo:

http://jsbin.com/esaro3/2/edit

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answered 14 Years ago johnnaj · Accepted Answer

Your regex is perfect, and yes, you must escape slashes since JavaScript uses the slashes to indicate regexes.

However, the problem is that JavaScript's replace method does not perform an in-place replace. That is, it does not actually change the string -- it just gives you the result of the replace.

Try this:

myString = '/courses/test/user';

myString = myString.replace(//courses/([^/]*)/.*/, $1);

document.write(myString);

This sets myString to the replaced value.