/g (global) tag not working in jquery .replace function

Question

<span id="description">
 <?php echo $itemdesc ?>
</span>

The above PHP outputs part of the URL that displays something like this:

 This%2520is%2520the%2520 %2520thing%2520 %2520purchased%2520

And what I want is this:

 This is the thing purchased

Here's my code. My problem is the /g tag (global) doesn't seem to be working.

<script>
  oldhtml = $('#description').html();
  var newhtml = oldhtml.replace("%2520"/g, " ");
  $('#description').html(newhtml);
</script>

Sagar V · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-06 16:50:41Z

1

Instead of ", add / to cover regex.
That is /%2520/g.
When you use "%2520'/g, there is no regex to associateg` with.

var newhtml = oldhtml.replace(/%2520/g, " ");
$('#description').html(newhtml);

Alternatively, you can use

.replaceAll("%2520"," ");

answered Mar 6, 2017 at 16:50

Sagar V

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