melvinstanly/multi-string-replace.js

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Replace multiple strings in a single run in js

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multi-string-replace.js

 // Replace multiple strings with multiple values
 var str = "I have a cat, a dog, and a goat.";
 var mapObj = {
    cat:"monkey",
    dog:"goat",
    goat:"cat"
 };
 str = str.replace(/cat|dog|goat/gi, function(matched){
   return mapObj[matched];
 });
 alert(str);

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