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Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the letter
Q?

source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );

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Jul 23 '05 #1
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 17:44:09 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Benson-Manica
<at***@nospam.c yberspace.org> wrote:
Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the letter Q?

source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );


It does for me. Are you forgetting to reassign the result to 'source'?

Mike

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Jul 23 '05 #2
Ivo
"Christophe r Benson-Manica" wrote
Why doesn't this replace all double quotes in a string with the
letter Q?

source.replace( /"([^"]*)"/g, "Q$1Q" );


Because your regex looks for strings with at least two quotes, possibly
separated by other characters.
To replace all double quotes, no matter what, the regex is at its simplest:

source.replace( /"/g, 'Q' );

HTH
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Jul 23 '05 #3
Michael Winter <M.******@bluey onder.co.invali d> spoke thus:
It does for me. Are you forgetting to reassign the result to 'source'?


*sheepish* Yes :(

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