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I have a string "$$$$$1.00" Need to replace all '$' with empty string. I don't know the exact number of '$' as I fetch it from server.

I tried using 

"$$$$$1.00".replace(/$/g, "")

which is not working out.

I know I can run through the loop and remove it. Is there any way to do that. Also, why it is not working ?

It is working in this case

I have added the JSfiddle link for the simple executable JSFiddle

Dexygen
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You need to escape the dollar sign ($) in the RegExp as this means the end of the string in RegExp world.

Refactor to:

"$$$$$1.00".replace(/\$/g, "")
seantunwin
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    @UthistranSelvaraj, accidentally wrote 'replace' instead of 'escape' for some reason; noticed as soon as I posted and had to do a quick ninja edit is the likely reason. Thanks. – seantunwin Feb 04 '20 at 21:22
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Since you want to replace them all, you should use /\$+/to match 1 or more of them and make sure you escape the $ with \$ to match the literal string "$"

"$$$$$1.00".replace(/\$+/, "")
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