insert variable via forEach into regex expression [duplicate]

Question

As you can see below, I'm trying to count how many times a character in string J occurs in string S. The only issue is I can't put the argument o in the forEach loop into the regex expression as shown in the console.log.

var numJewelsInStones = function(J, S) {
    let jArr = J.split('');
    let sArr = S.split('');

    jArr.forEach(o=>{
    console.log(S.replace(/[^o]/g,"").length);      
    })
};

numJewelsInStones("aA", "aAAbbbb");

madox2 · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-22 17:22:28Z

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You can create regular expression with constructor function where you pass string parameters:

new RegExp('[^' + o + ']', 'g')

Your replace logic might look like:

S.replace(new RegExp('[^' + o + ']', 'g'), '')

answered Apr 22, 2018 at 17:22

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