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rdspoons · 12-08-2012, 08:58 AM

For what it's worth, you can also use eval to use variables in replace.

string.replace(eval("/"+somevar+"/gi"),"replacementString")

Code:

alert(
	(function(){
		var rvar = " simple";
    		return "This is a simple example with a simple string".replace(eval("/"+rvar+"/gi"),"n evaled")
	})()
);

12-08-2012, 08:58 AM	PM User \| #8
rdspoons New Coder Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 81 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	For what it's worth, you can also use eval to use variables in replace. `string.replace(eval("/"+somevar+"/gi"),"replacementString")` Code: alert( (function(){ var rvar = " simple"; return "This is a simple example with a simple string".replace(eval("/"+rvar+"/gi"),"n evaled") })() );