Replacing + with plus using javascript

Question

I have a text that contains:

var str = 'Coins ++';

I need to replace it with 'Coins plusplus'

The following doesn't work:

str = str.replace(/+/g , "plus");

How to get this done?

You need to escape + using \ like str.replace(/\+/g, "plus") — Hearner
– Hearner, Commented May 28, 2018 at 8:27
+ is a special character in RegExp patterns, being a shorthand for a {1,} (one or more) quantifier. — Jonathan Lonowski
– Jonathan Lonowski, Commented May 28, 2018 at 8:28
Possible duplicate of Replace all plus signs (+) with space in a string — Muhammad Usman
– Muhammad Usman, Commented May 28, 2018 at 8:29

prasanth · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28 08:32:06Z

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use with \ before the plus. because + is one of the special character of the regex

var str = 'Coins ++';

str = str.replace(/\+/g, "plus");
console.log(str)

answered May 28, 2018 at 8:25

prasanth

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Matus Dubrava · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-28 10:50:50Z

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+ is a special character when used inside of regex, you need to escape it by adding \ in front of it to make regex recognize it as a string.

var str = 'Coins ++';

console.log(str.replace(/\+/g, "plus"));

answered May 28, 2018 at 8:26

Matus Dubrava

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