show me how to replace all instances of word in textbox

12-03-2006

Jeff North wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2006 14:43:13 -0800, in comp.lang.javascript
> < om> wrote:
>
> >| I am sorry I moved too fast... I now do understand / /gi tags around
> >| apple. If apples was a var reference to a parent frame, like
> >| 'parent.somestring' instead of just putting a word in there, how would
> >| that work?

Thank you so much for your assistance. Have a great
> >| day!

> >|
> >| re = /(parent.somestring)/gi ?
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> <script type="text/javascript">
> function ReplaceApples()
> {
> var id, re, inp, str, newstr, wFrm, wTo;
> //--- get text from the input box
> wFrm = document.getElementById("wrdFrom").value;
> wTo = document.getElementById("wrdTo").value;
>
> //--- make new regexp
> re = new RegExp(wFrm,"gi");
> id = document.getElementById("sunny");
> str = id.value;
> newstr=str.replace(re, wTo);
> id.value = newstr;
> }
> function ResetChange()
> {
> document.getElementById("sunny").value="Apples are round, and apples
> are juicy.";
> }
> </script>
> </head>
> <body>
> <textarea id="sunny" cols=25>Apples are round, and apples are
> juicy.</textarea>
> <br />
> <br />
> Word from
> <input name="wrdFrom" type="text" id="wrdFrom" value="" />
> <br />
> Word to
> <input name="wrdTo" type="text" id="wrdTo" />
> <br />
> <input name="btn" type="button" onclick="ReplaceApples()"
> value="Change" />
> <input type="button" name="Button" value="Reset"
> onclick="ResetChange()"/>
> </body>
> </html>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> : Remove your pants to reply
> ---------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you Jeff, and all so much

Have a nice day.

12-03-2006

wrote:

> I am sorry I moved too fast... I now do understand / /gi tags around
> apple. If apples was a var reference to a parent frame, like
> 'parent.somestring' instead of just putting a word in there, how would
> that work?

Thank you so much for your assistance. Have a great
> day!

>
> re = /(parent.somestring)/gi ?
>
re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")

or

re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")

Mick

12-08-2006

mick white wrote:

> wrote:
>> re = /(parent.somestring)/gi ?
>>
> re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")

OK.

> or
>
> re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")

Nonsense.

PointedEars

12-09-2006

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> mick white wrote:

>> re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")
>
>
> OK.
>
>
>>or
>>
>>re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")
>
>
> Nonsense.

Not the best, perhaps, but "Nonsense"? No.
Mick

12-09-2006

mick white wrote on 09 dec 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:
> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> mick white wrote:
>
>>> re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")
>> OK.
>>
>>>or
>>>re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")
>>
>> Nonsense.
>
> Not the best, perhaps, but "Nonsense"? No.

Good of you to wash some ears, Mick, but eval() is evil.

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

12-09-2006

mick white wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> mick white wrote:
>>> re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")
^
>>
>> OK.

That was premature. The constructor is RegExp().

>>> or
>>>
>>> re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")
>>
>>
>> Nonsense.
>
> Not the best, perhaps, but "Nonsense"? No.

If you do not consider it nonsense, then you have to deal with this
question:

What does this accomplish more that cannot be done better with calling the
constructor function?

PointedEars
--
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Professor Henry Jones: But in the Latin alphabet,
"Jehovah" begins with an "I".
Indiana Jones: J-...

12-09-2006

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> mick white wrote:
>
>
>>Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>
>>>mick white wrote:
>>>
>>>> re = new RegEx(parent.somestring,"gi")
>
> ^
>
>>>OK.
>
>
> That was premature. The constructor is RegExp().

Ahh, the missing "p", good catch.
>
>
>>>>or
>>>>
>>>>re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")
>>>
>>>
>>>Nonsense.
>>
>>Not the best, perhaps, but "Nonsense"? No.
>
>
> If you do not consider it nonsense, then you have to deal with this
> question:
>
> What does this accomplish more that cannot be done better with calling the
> constructor function?

It handles control characters, "\n", "\t" etc..., a little better.
Mick

>
>
> PointedEars

12-09-2006

mick white wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> mick white wrote:
>>>Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>>mick white wrote:
>>>>>re= eval("/"+parent.somestring+"/gi")
>>>>Nonsense.
>>>Not the best, perhaps, but "Nonsense"? No.
>>
>> If you do not consider it nonsense, then you have to deal with this
>> question:
>>
>> What does this accomplish more that cannot be done better with calling
>> the constructor function?
>
> It handles control characters, "\n", "\t" etc..., a little better.

In what way, please?

PointedEars
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