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Created July 4, 2016 10:23
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Find and replace double curly braces in JavaScript, example: findReplace("Hello, {{ name }}", "name", "John"); // "Hello, John"
/**
* Format double braced template string
* @param {string} string
* @param {string} find
* @param {string} replace
* @returns {string}
*/
function findReplaceString(string, find, replace)
{
if ((/[a-zA-Z\_]+/g).test(string)) {
return string.replace(new RegExp('\{\{(?:\\s+)?(' + find + ')(?:\\s+)?\}\}'), replace);
} else {
throw new Error("Find statement does not match regular expression: /[a-zA-Z\_]+/");
}
}
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caleb87 commented Mar 10, 2020

Awesome! Ty

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