Replacing is the action of searching a string for a sub-string and replacing it with a different string.
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How to replace a character for a newline in Vim?
I'm trying
:%s/,/\n/g
but it inserts what looks like a ^@ instead of an actual newline. The file is not in DOS mode or anything.
What should I do?
EDIT: If you are curious, like me, check the ...
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How to replace all periods in a string in JavaScript
I want to replace all the occurances of a period (.) in a JavaScript string
For example, I have:
var mystring = 'okay.this.is.a.string';
I want to get: okay this is a string.
So far I tried:
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votes
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Is there an alternative to string.Replace that is case-insensitive?
I need to search a string and replace all occurances of %FirstName% and %PolicyAmount% with a value pulled from a database. The problem is the capitalization of FirstName varies. That prevents me from ...
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Awk/Sed: How to do a recursive find/replace of a string?
How to I find and replace every occurrence of:
subdomainA.example.com
with
subdomainB.example.com
in every text file under the /home/www/ directory tree (recursive find/replace).
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votes
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Fastest method to replace all instances of a character in a string
What is the fastest way to replace all instances of a string/character in a string in Javascript? A while, a for-loop, a regular expression?
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Javascript multiple replace
How do you replace all instances of one string with another in javascript?
Example:
someString = 'the cat looks like a cat'
anotherString = someString.replace('cat', 'dog');
results in ...
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votes
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How can I perform a str_replace in Javascript?
I want to use str_replace or its similar alternative to replace some text in Javascript.
var text = "this is some sample text that i want to replace";
var new_text = replace_in_javascript("want", ...
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votes
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Regular expression search replace in Sublime Text 2
I'm looking to do search replace on regular expressions in Sublime Text 2. The documentation on this is rather anemic. Specifically, I want to do a replace on groups, so something like converting this ...
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VIM Replace word with contents of paste buffer?
I need to do a bunch of word replacements in a file and want to do it with a vi command, not an EX command such as :%s///g. I know that this is the typical way one replaces the word at the current ...
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votes
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Eclipse, regular expression search and replace
In eclipse, is it possible to use the matched search string as part of the replace string when performing a regular expression search and replace?
Basically, I want to replace all occurrences of
...
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votes
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How do I perform a Perl substitution on a string while keeping the original?
In Perl, what is a good way to perform a replacement on a string using a regular expression and store the value in a different variable, without changing the original?
I usually just copy the string ...
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votes
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How can I add a string to the end of each line in Vim?
I want to add * to the end of each line in Vim.
I tried the code unsuccessfully
:%s/\n/*\n/g
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votes
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Replace multiple <br>'s with only one <br>
How do I use JavaScript to detect
<br>
<br>
<br>
to become one
<br>
?
I tried with:
jQuery('body').html().replace(/(\<br\>\r\n){3, }/g,"\n");
but this is not ...
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votes
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Using jQuery to replace one tag with another
got a quandary i was hoping you kind folks could help me out with...
goal:
Using jQuery, I'm trying to replace all the occurrences of:
<code> ... </code>
with:
<pre> ...
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votes
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How do I replace the *first instance* of a string in .NET?
I want to replace the first occurrence in a given string.
How can I accomplish this in .NET?
