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Re: regexp help needed

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On 2012-08-28 16:51, Tim Streater wrote:
> So, if I have a string such as:
> 
>      my cat's name is Fred
> 
> then I'd like to replace that with:
> 
>      my cat\'s name is Fred
> 
> With my source string in the JavaScript variable str, then I've tried 
> such as:
> 
>      str.replace (/'/g, "\\'");
> 
> but all of my attempts have zero effect. This must be simple enough :-) 
> but I'm missing something, so I'd appreciate a helping hand.

This should work, but replace() doesn't change the string itself - it
returns a new string. Maybe you didn't assign the result back to str?

    str = str.replace(/'/g, "\\'");
    print(str);
    // my cat\'s name is Fred

- stefan

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regexp help needed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-28 15:51 +0100
  Re: regexp help needed Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-08-28 17:32 +0200
    Re: regexp help needed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-28 16:41 +0100
    Re: regexp help needed Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-28 19:07 +0200
  Re: regexp help needed SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-08-28 19:54 +0200
  Re: regexp help needed Dr J R Stockton <reply1235@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-29 19:16 +0100
    Re: regexp help needed Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-08-29 23:51 +0100
      Re: regexp help needed Dr J R Stockton <reply1235@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-31 23:04 +0100

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