String replace values recursively in json

Question

I have a json object such as:

var json = {
    "title": "Math Symbols: ¬",
    "sections": [
        "The ¬ symbol",
        "¬ and y"       
    ]
};

I need to replace all instances of the "¬" character with something that looks like the Mathematical symbol for x: sample.

Side note: I can't use that actual symbol (html entity 𝑥) because the Arial font i'm using doesn't support it. So I was planning on replacing "¬" with <span class="math">x</span> and styling the math class with Times New Roman & italic.

I can't change the Arial Font, and I don't need any other Math symbols - MathML support or the like isn't necessary.

Something like this would be ideal:

json = json.replace("¬", "<span class='math'>x</span>");

Alberto Zaccagni · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-19 10:27:46Z

11

This converts the JSON into string

JSON.stringify(json).replace(/¬/g, "<span class='math'>x</span>")

and then you could convert it back to JSON

JSON.parse(json)

answered Aug 19, 2013 at 10:27

Alberto Zaccagni

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2 Comments

Geetanjali Jain Over a year ago

Can you please tell me how to use replace all or replace no of strings in one statement?

Alberto Zaccagni Over a year ago

The g means global there, so it would replace all occurrences. I am not sure what you mean with "replace no of strings"? Do you mean stop after a certain number of replacements?

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