Javascript REGEX for deleting char only in string start and end, not in the middle

Question

I need to remove the "+" chars in some strings.

I'm using this regex:

string.replace(/\+/g, "");

The problem is when i have strings like: "+++++test+string+++" it obviously gets transformed to teststring and the correct result should be test+string.

So what i need is to figure out a regex that removes the "+" char, only at the start and end of the string.

Thanks!

Jan · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 17:05:49Z

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You may use

^\++|\++$

See a demo on regex101.com.

In JavaScript:

string.replace(/^\++|\++$/g, "");

edited Oct 9, 2017 at 17:05

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 17:04

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