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find and replace tokens in javascript

rated 0 times [ 109] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 16995 / 14 Years ago, thu, may 6, 2010, 12:00:00

I have to do something like this

string  =  this is a good example to show



search  = array {this,good,show}

find and replace them with a token like

string  =  {1} is a {2} example to {3} (order is intact)

the string will undergo some processing and then

string  =  {1} is a {2} numbers to {3} (order is intact)

tokens are again replaced back to the string likem so that the string becomes

string  =  this is a good number to show

how to make sure that the pattern is matched and the same tokens are replaced

for example /[gG]ood/ is a pattern to search and replaced later with appropriate case.Or in other words if ^s*[0-9]+. is the pattern the matched string needs to be stored and replace to form the original text as it was

How should it be implemented so that the process is done at high performance ?

Thanks in advance.

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answered 14 Years ago pariss · Accepted Answer

You don't mention anything about multiple occurrences of the same token in the string, I guess you'll be replacing all occurrences.

It would go something like this:

var string = This is a good example to show, this example to show is good;

var tokens = ['this','good','example'];



for (var i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {

    string.replace(new RegExp(tokens[i], g),{+i+});

}

// string processing here

for (var i = 0; i < tokens.length; i++) {

    string.replace(new RegExp({+i+},g),tokens[i]);

}