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how can i replace first two characters of a string in javascript?

lets suppose i have string
var string = "$-20455.00"
I am trying to swap first two characters of a string. I was thinking to split it and make an array and then replacing it, but is there any other way? Also, I am not clear how can I achieve it using arrays? if I have to use arrays.
var string = "-$20455.00"
How can I achieve this?

You can use the replace function in Javascript.
var string = "$-20455.00"
string = string.replace(/^.{2}/g, 'rr');
Here is jsfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/aoytdh7m/33/

You dont have to use arrays. Just do this
string[1] + string[0] + string.slice(2)

You can split to an array, and then reverse the first two characters and join the pieces together again
var string = "$-20455.00";
var arr = string.split('');
var result = arr.slice(0,2).reverse().concat(arr.slice(2)).join('');
document.body.innerHTML = result;

try using the "slice" method and string concatenation:
stringpart1 = '' //fill in whatever you want to replace the first two characters of the first string with here
string2 = stringpart1 + string.slice(1)
edit: I now see what you meant by "swap". I thought you meant "swap in something else". Vlad's answer is best to just switch the first and the second character.
Note that string[0] refers to the first character in the string, and string[1] to the second character, and so on, because code starts counting at 0.

var string = "$-20455.00";
// Reverse first two characters
var reverse = string.slice(0,2).split('').reverse().join('');
// Concat again with renaming string
var result= reverse.concat(string.slice(2));
document.body.innerHTML = result;

let finalStr = string[1] + string[0] + string.slice(2); //this will give you the result

Split text with a single code

var objname = "Image1-123456-789.png"
quick question i wanted to split this text without match them together again.
here is my code
var typename = objname.split("-");
//so it will be Image1,123456,789.png
var SplitNumber = typename[1]+'-'+typename[2];
var fullNumber = SplitCode.split('.')[0];
to get what i wanted
my intention is to get number is there anyway i can split them without join them and split again ?
can a single code do that perfectly ? my code look like so many job.
i need to get the 123456-789.

The String.prototype.substring() method extracts the characters from a string, between two specified indices, and returns the new sub string.
This method extracts the characters in a string between "start" and "end", not including "end" itself.
var objname = "Image1-123456-789.png";
var newname = objname.substring(objname.indexOf("-")+1, objname.indexOf("."));
alert(newname);

An alternate can be using Join. You can use slice to fetch range of values in array and then join them using -.
var objname = "Image1-123456-789.png";
var fullnumber = objname.split("-").slice(1).join("-").split(".")[0];
alert(fullnumber)
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Join Array from startIndex to endIndex

Here is your solution
var objname = "Image1-123456-789.png";
var typename= objname.split("-");
var again=typename[2];
var again_sep= again.split(".");
var fullNumber =typename[1]+'-'+again_sep[0];

Separate value from string using javascript

I have a string in which every value is between [] and it has a . at the end. How can I separate all values from the string?
This is the example string:
[value01][value02 ][value03 ]. [value04 ]
//want something like this
v1 = value01;
v2 = value02;
v3 = value03;
v4 = value04
The number of values is not constant. How can I get all values separately from this string?

Use regular expressions to specify multiple separators. Please check the following posts:
How do I split a string with multiple separators in javascript?
Split a string based on multiple delimiters
var str = "[value01][value02 ][value03 ]. [value04 ]"
var arr = str.split(/[\[\]\.\s]+/);
arr.shift(); arr.pop(); //discard the first and last "" elements
console.log( arr ); //output: ["value01", "value02", "value03", "value04"]
JS FIDDLE DEMO
How This Works
.split(/[\[\]\.\s]+/) splits the string at points where it finds one or more of the following characters: [] .. Now, since these characters are also found at the beginning and end of the string, .shift() discards the first element, and .pop() discards the last element, both of which are empty strings. However, your may want to use .filter() and your can replace lines 2 and 3 with:
var arr = str.split(/[\[\]\.\s]+/).filter(function(elem) { return elem.length > 0; });
Now you can use jQuery/JS to iterate through the values:
$.each( arr, function(i,v) {
console.log( v ); // outputs the i'th value;
});
And arr.length will give you the number of elements you have.

If you want to get the characters between "[" and "]" and the data is regular and always has the pattern:
'[chars][chars]...[chars]'
then you can get the chars using match to get sequences of characters that aren't "[" or "]":
var values = '[value01][value02 ][value03 ][value04 ]'.match(/[^\[\]]+/g)
which returns an array, so values is:
["value01", "value02 ", "value03 ", "value04 "]
Match is very widely supported, so no cross browser issues.

Here's a fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/5xVLQ/
Regex patern: /(\w)+/ig
Matches all words using \w (alphanumeric combos). Whitespace, brackets, dots, square brackets are all non-matching, so they don't get returned.
What I do is create a object to hold results in key/value pairs such as v1:'value01'. You can iterate through this object, or you can access the values directly using objRes.v1
var str = '[value01][value02 ][value03 ]. [value04 ]';
var myRe = /(\w)+/ig;
var res;
var objRes = {};
var i=1;
while ( ( res = myRe.exec(str) ) != null )
{
objRes['v'+i] = res[0];
i++;
}
console.log(objRes);

Regular expression in Javascript: table of positions instead of table of occurrences

Regular expressions are most powerful. However, the result they return is sometimes useless:
For example:
I want to manage a CSV string using semicolons.
I define a string like:
var data = "John;Paul;Pete;Stuart;George";
If I use the instruction:
var tab = data.match(/;/g)
after what, "tab" contains an array of 4 ";" :
tab[0]=";", tab[1]=";", tab[2]=";", tab[3]=";"
This array is not useful in the present case, because I knew it even before using the regular expression.
Indeed, what I want to do is 2 things:
1stly: Suppress the 4th element (not "Stuart" as "Stuart", but "Stuart" as 4th element)
2ndly: Replace the 3rd element by "Ringo" so as to get back (to where you once belonged!) the following result:
data == "John;Paul;Ringo;George";
In this case, I would greatly prefer to obtain an array giving the positions of semicolons:
tab[0]=4, tab[1]=9, tab[2]=14 tab[3]=21
instead of the useless (in this specific case)
tab[0]=";", tab[1]=";", tab[2]=";", tab[3]=";"
So, here's my question: Is there a way to obtain this numeric array using regular expressions?

To get tab[0]=4, tab[1]=9, tab[2]=14 tab[3]=21, you can do
var tab = [];
var startPos = 0;
var data = "John;Paul;Pete;Stuart;George";
while (true) {
var currentIndex = data.indexOf(";", startPos);
if (currentIndex == -1) {
break;
}
tab.push(currentIndex);
startPos = currentIndex;
}
But if the result wanted is "John;Paul;Ringo;George", you can do
var tab = data.split(';'); // Split the string into an array of strings
tab.splice(3, 1); // Suppress the 4th element
tab[2] = "Ringo"; // Replace the 3rd element by "Ringo"
var str = tab.join(';'); // Join the elements of the array into a string
The second approach is maybe better in your case.
String.split
Array.splice
Array.join

You should try a different approach, using split.
tab = data.split(';') will return an array of the form
tab[0]="John", tab[1]="Paul", tab[2]="Pete", tab[3]="Stuart", tab[4]="George"
You should be able to achieve your goal with this array.

Why use a regex to perform this operation? You have a built-in function split, which can split your string based on the delimiter you pass.
var data = "John;Paul;Pete;Stuart;George";
var temp=data.split(';');
temp[0],temp[1]...

Grab url parameter with jquery and put into input

I am trying to grab a specific paramater from a url such as www.internets.com?param=123456
I am trying it with something like this..
$j.extend({
getUrlVars: function(){
return window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?')).split(/[&?]{1}[\w\d]+=/);
}
});
var allVars = $j.getUrlVars('param');
The weird thing is the variable is returning a comma so in this example it looks like ,123456
Where is that coming from?!

split returns an array of substrings, so the comma is coming from the serialization of the array.

Have a look here: http://jquery-howto.blogspot.com/2009/09/get-url-parameters-values-with-jquery.html
This seems to work for me.

You're asking the javascript to split the string into an array based on the rules in your regex, so the string "?param=123456" turns into an array where everything up to the = is simply a separator, so it sees two keys: an empty string and 123456.
EDIT - You can still use split, just use a different separator. The indexOf is telling it to look at the substring after the position of the '?', so if you split on '=' it would provide an array where one value is a parameter name (possibly with a '?' or '&', so just remove it) and the next value is the value sent in after the equal sign.
You can also get a little more in depth with your regex and processing like so:
var q = window.location.search; // returns everything after '?'
var regEx = /[^?& =]([\w]*)[^!?& =]/g;
var array = q.match(regEx);
var vars = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
if ((i % 2) == 0) {
vars[array[i]] = array[i + 1];
}
}
Which will leave you with an array where the keys are the param names, and their values are the associated values from the query string.