Javascript: how to replace word in textarea

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I have a textarea, two inputes and a button. In textarea i write any sentence, for example "Hello, how are you". In first input i write a word, for example "you" and in second input i write replacing word, for example "they". After clicking on Replace button, i must get like this result ` "Hello, how are they". How can i do that?

What I have tried:

I have tried like this, but it's wrong :(

<fieldset>
		<legend>Replace words</legend>
		<textarea id="text3" cols="50" rows="10" placeholder="Type a sentence..."></textarea><br>
		<input id="word1" type="text" placeholder="Word 1">
		<input id="word2" type="text" placeholder="Word 2">
		<button onclick="ReplaceWord()">Replace</button>
	</fieldset>


function ReplaceWord(){
	var a = document.getElementById("text3").value;
	var b = document.getElementById("word1").value;
	var c = document.getElementById("word2").value;
	var x = a.split(" ");
	for(var i = 0; i < x.length; i++){
		if(x.indexOf(b) != -1){
			x = x.replace(b,c);
		}
	}
	document.getElementById("text3").value = x.join(" ");
}

Posted 15-Jul-18 22:50pm

Suren97

Updated 28-Aug-20 1:04am

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Jochen Arndt · Answer 1 · 2018-07-16T01:14:00

If you want to replace only the first occurence doing

JavaScript

var newText = a.replace(b, c);
document.getElementById("text3").value = newText;

will do the job.

There is no default method with a string parameter to replace multiple occurences. But the regex version can do this with the global option:

JavaScript

// Use a RegExp instance here to pass a string known only at runtime.
//var re = new RegExp(b, "g");
// EDIT: To match only whole words use the special character "\b" (word boundary).
var re = new RegExp("\\b" + b + "\\b", "g");
var newText = a.replace(re, c);
document.getElementById("text3").value = newText;

See also String.prototype.replace() - JavaScript | MDN[^] and Regular Expressions - JavaScript | MDN[^].

ajitjha347 · Answer 2 · 2018-07-16T01:06:00

Solution 1

i think its like

var x = a.split(" ").replace(b,c);

it shall be work as well.

Posted 16-Jul-18 1:06am

ajitjha347

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Suren97 16-Jul-18 7:07am

Inside of condition?

Member 14904071 · Answer 3 · 2020-08-28T01:04:00

Solution 3

Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.

Posted 28-Aug-20 1:04am

Member 14904071