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Revision: 2627
at March 16, 2007 06:28 by gaunab
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var str="foobar"; 
var val="foo"; 
var search='/'+val+'/i'; 
alert(str.replace(search, '<strong>'+val+'</strong>'));

// it alerts "foobar" and not "<strong>foo</strong>bar"
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Why doesn't this work?

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Javascript search and replace

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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regex, javascript, replace

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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JavaScript