RegEx: Replace string between two non-matching strings

Question

i want to replace a word in a string:

Input: "left.position.left = leftContent.left.posleft"

Output: "a.position.left = content.left.posleft"

Before "left" there shouldn´t be [a-zA-Z0-9.] and behind there shouldn´t be [a-zA-Z0-9].

This is my code I wrote so far:

"left.position.left = leftContent.left.posleft".replace(new RegExp("left(?![a-zA-Z0-9])", "g"), "a")

But it returns:

"a.position.a = leftContent.a.posa"

Could anybody help me?

vks · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-24 16:22:30Z

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(^|[^a-zA-Z0-9.])left

Try this.See demo.Replace by $1a.

https://regex101.com/r/tJ2mW5/24

var re = /(^|[^a-zA-Z0-9.])left/gi;
var str = 'left.position.left = leftContent.left.posleft';
var subst = '$1a';

var result = str.replace(re, subst);

answered Mar 24, 2015 at 16:22

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Martin Over a year ago

Oh, it works fine. Thank you! I used: var re = new RegExp("(^|[^a-zA-Z0-9.])left(?![a-zA-Z0-9])", "gi");

vks Over a year ago

@Martin regex101.com/r/tJ2mW5/25 its working fine here.see .The one you proposed will not replace leftContent

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