How to replace underscores with spaces using a regex in Javascript

If it is a JavaScript code, write this, to have transformed string in ZZZ2:

var ZZZ = "This_is_my_name";
var ZZZ2 = ZZZ.replace(/_/g, " ");

also, you can do it in less efficient, but more funky, way, without using regex:

var ZZZ = "This_is_my_name";
var ZZZ2 = ZZZ.split("_").join(" ");

Replace "_" with " "

The actual implementation depends on your language.

In Perl it would be:

s/_/ /g

But the truth is, if you are replacing a fixed string with something else, you don't need a regular expression, you can use your language/library's basic string replacement algorithms.

Another possible Perl solution would be:

tr/_/ /

Regular expressions are not a tool to replace texts inside strings but just something that can search for patterns inside strings. You need to provide a context of a programming language to have your solution.

I can tell you that the regex _ will match the underscore but nothing more.

For example in Groovy you would do something like:

"This_is_my_name".replaceAll(/_/," ")
    ===> This is my name

but this is just language specific (replaceAll method)..

Please refer to this post:

simple regex -- replace underscore with a space