JS replace every #word to
#word
in a string

Question

I'm creating socket based chat app. I would like to change my incoming messages: when an word in an message contains # it has to be surrounded by div tags. For example 'this is #an message' has to be converted to 'this is <div>#an</div> message'. I'm using jQuery.

this is **_a_** message. Very similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7575041/change-hash-tag-to-link-on-page-load — Turnip, Apr 24 '16 at 18:11

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '16 at 18:15

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You can do it with RegEX like this:

var content="this is #an message";
alert(content.replace(/(#\S+)/gi,"<div>$1</div>"));

answered Apr 24 '16 at 18:15

Shady Alset

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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This can be done via regular expressions and javascript string methods. Check out this post, it should supply everything you need. How to replace all occurrences of a string in JavaScript?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Apr 24 '16 at 18:12

glutengo

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JS replace every #word to #word in a string

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JS replace every #word to
#word
in a string