Javascript Replace With Global Not Working On Caret Symbol

i have following code for replacing var temp = '^hall^,^restaurant^'; temp.replace(/^/g, ''); console.log(temp); This does not Replace the ^ symbol from string. How can this n

Solution 1:

temp = temp.replace(/\^/g, '');

It is replacing once you escape the caret.

https://jsfiddle.net/ym7tt1L8/

And note that just writing temp.replace(/\^/g, ''); doesn't update your actual string. That is the reason you have to write

temp = temp.replace(/\^/g, '');

Solution 2:

In RegEx, the caret symbol is a recognized as a special character. It means the beginning of a string.

Additionally, replace returns the new value, it does not perform the operation in place, youneed to create a new variable.

For your case, you have to do one of the following:

var temp =  "^hall^,^restaurant^";
var newString = temp.replace(/\^/g, ''); // Escape the caret

Or simply replace the character without using RegEx at all:

var temp =  "^hall^,^restaurant^";
while (temp.indexOf('^') >= 0) {
    temp = temp.replace('^', '');
}

Alternative version:

var temp =  "^hall^,^restaurant^";
var newString = temp.split('^').join('');