Replace forward slash "/ " character in JavaScript string?

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I have this string:

var someString = "23/03/2012";

and want to replace all the "/" with "-".

I tried to do this:

someString.replace(///g, "-");

But it seems you cant have a forward slash / in there.

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Chris Sobolewski · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 13:58:37Z

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You need to escape your slash.

/\//g

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 13:58

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Chowlett · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 13:59:37Z

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Try escaping the slash: someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

By the way - / is a (forward-)slash; \ is a backslash.

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 13:59

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Alex Turpin · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 13:58:51Z

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First of all, that's a forward slash. And no, you can't have any in regexes unless you escape them. To escape them, put a backslash (\) in front of it.

someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

Live example

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Cybernetic · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-19 23:00:04Z

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Just use the split - join approach:

my_string.split('/').join('replace_with_this')

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Supr · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 13:58:53Z

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Escape it: someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

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ArifMustafa · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-13 22:25:07Z

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Remove all forward slash occurrences with blank char in Javascript.

modelData = modelData.replace(/\//g, '');

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Prabhagaran · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-10 06:41:17Z

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You can just replace like this,

 var someString = "23/03/2012";
 someString.replace(/\//g, "-");

It works for me..

edited Feb 10, 2017 at 6:41

answered Feb 8, 2016 at 6:34

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barnski · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-22 12:51:19Z

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The option that is not listed in the answers is using replaceAll:

 var someString = "23/03/2012";
 var newString = someString.replaceAll("/", "-");

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Oram · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-06 08:56:02Z

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Area.replace(new RegExp(/\//g), '-') replaces multiple forward slashes (/) with -

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