Replace all values in a textarea with JS

Question

My problem is that I want to have a small JS application that replaces all the text within a <textarea> HTML tag. I made this small code but it only replaces the first entry:

When I click the button the unicode \u0066 which stands for "f" gets replace but when I have multiple of those like this \u0066 \u0066 \u0066 then it only replaces the first entry and as soon as I click on the button a second time it replaces it the second \u0066 and so on.

Question: Is there a way to apply this method for every character in one button press?

function decodeText() {
  let input = document.getElementById("textInput").value;
  let r1 = input.replace('\\u0066', 'f');
  document.getElementById("textInput").value = r1;
}

<textarea id="textInput"></textarea>

<button onClick="decodeText()">Decode</button>

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 05 '22 at 10:31

function decodeText() {
  let input = document.getElementById("textInput").value;
  let r1 = input.replaceAll('\\u0066', 'f');
  document.getElementById("textInput").value = r1;
}

<textarea id="textInput"></textarea>
<button onClick="decodeText()">Decode</button>

Replace all values in a textarea with JS

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