How to replace all \" to " in a string?

I tried, but it doesn't works: var foobar = ("foo\\\"bar\\\"foo").replace(/"\\\""/,'"');

The result is foo\"bar\"foo , but it should be foo"bar"foo

How to replace all \" to " in a string?

I tried, but it doesn't works: var foobar = ("foo\\\"bar\\\"foo").replace(/"\\\""/,'"');

The result is foo\"bar\"foo , but it should be foo"bar"foo

• javascript
• regex
• string
• replace

6 Answers 6

You don't need to use quotes inside of a RegEx pattern, the // delimiters act as ones.

var foobar = "foo\\\"bar\\\"foo".replace(/\\"/g,'"');

Works for me.

Try .replace(/\\"/g,'"'); - regexes don't need quotes around them, I'm surprised you get any result at all.

You need to fix your regex, you need to do

replace(/\\\"/g, "\"")

Your quoting is wrong and you're not using g - global flag. It should be:

var foobar = ("foo\\\"bar\\\"foo").replace(/\\"/g,'"');

Try defining it like this

var foobar = ("foo\\\"bar\\\"foo").replace(/"\\\""/g,'"');

note that the .replace has a /g which makes it global

jsfiddle

// initial string
var str = "AAAbbbAAAccc";

// replace here
str = str.replace(/A/g, "Z");
alert(str);
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