How to change a character of an string into a different character?

Question

I want to convert the space in a string into another character.

Ex:
var country = "United States"

I want the space to be "-" so:
var country = "Unites-States"

This is what I tried:

var country ="United States";
var countryArray = country.split(" ");
var newCountry = function(){
for(i=0;i<countryArray.length;i++){
    if(countryArray[i]===","){
    return countryArray[i]="-";}
}

and what about simple RegEx : country = country.replace(" ","-") — Ivan Chernykh
– Ivan Chernykh, Commented Sep 1, 2013 at 4:36

OneOfOne · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-01 04:44:26Z

2

Using the string.replace function :

var country = "United States";
//var newCountry = country.replace(' ', '-'); //first space only
var newCountry = country.replace(/\s+/g, '-'); //this uses regexp if there is more than just 1 space / tab character.

edited Sep 1, 2013 at 4:44

answered Sep 1, 2013 at 4:36

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Milad Hosseinpanahi Over a year ago

that only replace the first space, for example > United States of America will be United-States of America

FernandoZ Over a year ago

Wow I was in the middle of answering when you answered it. :-)

OneOfOne Over a year ago

Check the answer again.

FernandoZ · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-01 04:38:33Z

1

Have you considered the string replace method?

Example:

newCountry = country.replace(" ", "-");

answered Sep 1, 2013 at 4:38

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OneOfOne · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-01 04:43:23Z

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try this

country.replace(/ /g, ",");

edited Sep 1, 2013 at 4:43

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answered Sep 1, 2013 at 4:37

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