replace words in a string from an array of string [duplicate]

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i receive a string that i want to clean from some word, i tried to make a function for that but it doesn't work :

export const cleanArrondissements = async (city) => {

  const arrondissements = [ 'Arrondissement', 'arrondissement', '1er','2e','3e', '4e', '5e', '6e', '7e', '8e', '9e', '10e','11e','12e','13e','14e', '15e', '16e', '17e', '18e', '19e', '20e']
  arrondissements.forEach(element => {
    city.replace(element, '')
  });
  return city;

}

what would be the best way to do that ?

Please go read the description of how replace works carefully. developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/… — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Jul 20, 2020 at 13:00
.replace() returns a new string, you need to assign the string returned by .replace() to city variable ---> city = city.replace(element, '') — Yousaf
– Yousaf, Commented Jul 20, 2020 at 13:00

Cagri Tacyildiz · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-20 13:27:35Z

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replace() method searches a string for a specified value, or a regular expression, and returns a new string where the specified values are replaced

so with replace you don't change element.You need to assign to your variable to accept replace method's changes.

export const cleanArrondissements = async (city) => {   
  const arrondissements = [ 'Arrondissement', 'arrondissement', '1er','2e','3e', '4e', '5e', '6e', '7e', '8e', '9e', '10e','11e','12e','13e','14e', '15e', '16e', '17e', '18e', '19e', '20e']
  arrondissements.forEach(element => {
    city=city.replace(element, '')
  });
  return city;
}

if you may have more than one same element in base string then you can use regex

city=city.replace(new RegExp(element, 'g'), '')

edited Jul 20, 2020 at 13:27

answered Jul 20, 2020 at 13:04

Cagri Tacyildiz

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Ravi Kukreja · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-20 13:07:10Z

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Reduce makes it cleaner:

const cleanArrondissements = (city) => {
    
      const arrondissements = [ 'Arrondissement', 'arrondissement', '1er','2e','3e', '4e', '5e', '6e', '7e', '8e', '9e', '10e','11e','12e','13e','14e', '15e', '16e', '17e', '18e', '19e', '20e']
      
      return arrondissements.reduce((acc, cur) => acc.replace(cur, ""), city);
}

answered Jul 20, 2020 at 13:07

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