I whould like to replace everything between the ;# characters with a new line (<br>). How can i do this in JavaScript?

Example:

String:

Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate;#369;#Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,;#183;#Rinderroulade "Hausfrauen Art", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce

Result:

Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate
Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,
Rinderroulade "Hausfrauen Art", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce

I whould like to replace everything between the ;# characters with a new line (<br>). How can i do this in JavaScript?

Example:

String:

Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate;#369;#Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,;#183;#Rinderroulade "Hausfrauen Art", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce

Result:

Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate
Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,
Rinderroulade "Hausfrauen Art", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce

• javascript
• regex

• Mhhmmm... Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - such a delicious question :) – Octav Zlatior Commented Aug 5, 2015 at 10:22

3 Answers 3

Assuming the value between the ;#s is always numeric, you can use the regular expression /;#\d*;#/g within a replace() call on the string:

var input = 'Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate;#369;#Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,;#183;#Rinderroulade "Hausfrauen Art", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce';

var output = input.replace(/;#\d*;#/g, "<br>");

document.write(output);

To show what the regular expression does, here is a visualisation:

You might want to try this:

var str = "Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate;#369;#Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,;#183;#Rinderroulade \"Hausfrauen Art\", (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce";

str = str.replace(/;#[0-9]*;#/g, "<br/>");

console.log(str);

Use the folowing code

address="Beilagenteller - Mixed vegetables plate;#369;#Fischfilet mit Kräutersoße - Fish fillet, herbs sauce,;#183;#Rinderroulade 'Hausfrauen Art', (S) Soße - Beef olive with sauce"



address= str.replace(/;#[0-9]*;#/g, "\n");