JavaScript String replaceAll()

const message = "ball bat";

// replace all occurrence of b with c
let result = message.replaceAll('b', 'c');
console.log(result);

// Output: call cat

replaceAll() Syntax

The syntax of replaceAll() is:

str.replaceAll(pattern, replacement)

Here, str is a string.

replaceAll() Parameter

The replaceAll() method takes in:

• pattern - either a substring or a regex that is to be replaced
• replacement - the pattern is replaced with this replacement (can be either a string or a function)

replaceAll() Return Value

• The replaceAll() method returns a new string, with all matches of a pattern replaced by a replacement.

Note: A RegExp without the global ("g") flag will throw a TypeError.

Example 1: Using replaceAll()

const text = "Java is awesome. Java is fun.";

// passing a string as the first parameter
let pattern = "Java";
let new_text = text.replaceAll(pattern, "JavaScript");
console.log(new_text);

// passing a regex as the first parameter
pattern = /Java/g;
new_text = text.replaceAll(pattern, "JavaScript");
console.log(new_text);

Output

JavaScript is awesome. JavaScript is fun
JavaScript is awesome. JavaScript is fun.

Replace Without Considering Uppercase/Lowercase

The replaceAll() method is case sensitive. To perform the case-insensitive replacement, you need to use a regex with a i switch (case-insensitive search).

Example 2: Case-Insensitive Replacement

const text = "javaSCRIPT JavaScript";

// all occurrences of javascript is replaced
let pattern = /javascript/gi; // case-insensitive and global search
let new_text = text.replaceAll(pattern, "JS");
console.log(new_text); // JS JS

Output

JS JS

Example 3: Passing Function as a Replacement

You can also pass a function (instead of a string) as the second parameter to the replaceAll() method.

const text = "3.1415";

// generate a random digit between 0 and 9
function generateRandomDigit() {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * 10);
}

// regex to match a digit
const pattern = /\d/g;
const new_text = text.replaceAll(pattern, generateRandomDigit);
console.log(new_text);

Output

4.3518

You may get different output when you run this program. It's because the first digit in text is replaced with a random digit between 0 and 9.

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