I have a text (random text) like this one:

bla bla bla (name of link)[link] bla bla bla (name of link)[link]

I need to replace all of (name of link)[link] with Link React ponent:

<Link to={link}>name of link</Link>

What I want to see:

bla bla bla <Link to='/testRoute'>Test name</Link> bla bla bla <Link to='/testRoute'>Test name</Link>

(name of link)[link] in the text can be absent, and can meet many times.

How can I replace all matches by in the text?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have a text (random text) like this one:

bla bla bla (name of link)[link] bla bla bla (name of link)[link]

I need to replace all of (name of link)[link] with Link React ponent:

<Link to={link}>name of link</Link>

What I want to see:

bla bla bla <Link to='/testRoute'>Test name</Link> bla bla bla <Link to='/testRoute'>Test name</Link>

(name of link)[link] in the text can be absent, and can meet many times.

How can I replace all matches by in the text?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

• javascript
• reactjs
• react-router

• 1 Use String.replace with a regular expression. – pishpish Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 15:28
• I tried, but probably not absolutely true I used. It is possible to set an example on my text how to make it? – Ilya Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 15:30
• 4 Show us what you tried before asking us to do it for you. – larz Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 15:30
• I found [name of link] by text.replace(/[(.*?)]/g, ''), but I don't know what need to do for replace for pletely <Link to={link}>name of link</Link> immediately – Ilya Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 15:39
• <Link to={link}>name of link</Link>is JSX version of React ponent, you can't just replace (name of link)[link] with <Link to={link}>name of link</Link> string – Igor Alemasow Commented Sep 5, 2018 at 15:48

2 Answers 2

Try to split bla bla bla (name of link)[link] bla bla bla (name of link)[link] string into an array of substrings, so you will have the following array:

const arrayOfStrings = [
    'bla bla bla',
    '(name of link)[link]',
    'bla bla bla',
    '(name of link)[link]',
];

And then you can use .map() to create new array with valid React elements:

    arrayOfStrings.map((str, i) => {
        const isLink = str === '(name of link)[link]';//of course you need to replace it with regex

        if (isLink) {
            const linkName = 'name of link';//replace it with regex, so you can get dynamic link name from str
            const link = 'link';//replace it with regex, so you can get dynamic link from str 

            return <Link key={i} to={link}>{linkName}</Link>;
        }
        else {
            return <span key={i}>{str}</span>;
        }
    });

You have to use regexify-string (npm)

npm install --save regexify-string

regexifyString({
        pattern: /\[.*?\]/gim,
        decorator: (match, index) => {
            return (
                <Link
                    to={SOME_ROUTE}
                    onClick={onClick}
                >
                    {match}
                </Link>
            );
        },
        input: 'Some initial string with [link]',
    });