Replace all occurances of / character into a String

Question

var dateNow = new Date().toLocaleDateString() ;
dateNow.replace(/\//g , "-");

I would like to replace all occurances of "/" character by "-" into my dateNow String.

I don't know how to do it.

You did it correctly, except for the reassignment. But do it like this: `var dateNow = new Date().toLocaleDateString().replace(/\//g , "-");` — Dietrich George, Sep 16 '15 at 14:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

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replace() does not do the changes in-place. You have to assign the returned value to something:

var dateNow = new Date().toLocaleDateString() ;
dateNow = dateNow.replace(/\//g , "-");

answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

Sverri M. Olsen

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

1

You've done it, except .replace returns the new string, it does not change it in place

var result = dateNow.replace(/\//g , "-");

answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

Jamiec

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

1

That does, but you need to assign it to dateNow:

dateNow = dateNow.replace(/\//g , "-");

answered Sep 16 '15 at 14:00

Spencer Wieczorek

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