How to replace certain substrings in an array? [duplicate]

Question

I have my data set in a normal data model format:

var data = "Billing, alpha, beta"

But I want to modify this data by formatting the array by replacing "," with "/text/i"

var newData = [/Billing/i , /alpha/i, /beta/i]

Here is the code I have tried:

var data   = "Billing, alpha, beta"
var y = x.split(',')
var newData  = y.replace(",", "/i,")
console.log(newData)

This might work if you remove y and just run the replace on data. — user3369753
– user3369753, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 9:33
@WiktorStribiżew the output contains space on from second string onwards — Saurabh Raman
– Saurabh Raman, Commented Jul 19, 2017 at 9:38

PotatoManager · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-19 09:52:24Z

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Try this snippet

var data   = "Billing, alpha, beta";
var y = data.split(',');
newData=[];
for(i=0;i<y.length;i++)
  newData.push(new RegExp( y[i].replace(/(^\s+|\s+$)/g,""),"i"));
console.log(newData);

edited Jul 19, 2017 at 9:52

answered Jul 19, 2017 at 9:36

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6 Comments

Saurabh Raman Over a year ago

he output contains space on from second string onwards

PotatoManager Over a year ago

@SaurabhRaman Please accept my solution if you are satisfied

Wiktor Stribiżew Over a year ago

The output is an array of strings, while OP needs an array of RegExp objects.

Saurabh Raman Over a year ago

I appreciate your knowledge many thanks for your help....but there is little correction the output should also not contain ' " ' (double quotes)..... it should look like .... [/Billing/i,/alpha/i,/beta/i]

PotatoManager Over a year ago

See my edit I've used Regex objects

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