String.prototype.replace

Replaces text in a string, using a regular expression or search string.

Syntax

replace(searchValue, replacement)

Parameters

• searchValue

  A string or RegExp to search for.

• replacement string | function(match, …capture, offset, string, groups)

  A string containing the text to replace for every successful match of searchValue in this string, or a function that returns the replacement text.

Return value

A new string.

Examples

"banana".replace(/an/g, "🍌")

"b🍌🍌a"

"banana".replace(/an/g, match => match.toUpperCase())

"bANANA"

"banana".replace("an", "AN")

"bANana"