Description

The replace() method searches for a match between a substring (or regular expression) and a string, and replaces the matched substring with a new substring.

This method has the form:

string.replace(regexp/substr, newstring)

Parameter	Description
regexp/substr	(required) A substring or a regular expression
newstring	(required) The string to replace the found value in parameter 1

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this method.

<script>
var s = "Hello from JavaScript";
document.write(s.replace("JavaScript","Hawaii"));
</script>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

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