I would like to replace text using javascript/regex
"TV "my-samsung" (UUID: a1c3bbc1d27c5be8:8baabe2fa7f5d9ca) is already switched off."
with
TV 'my-samsung' is already switched off.
by removing text (UUID: ) and replace " with '
Looks like regex can be used
\([\s\S]*?\)
https://regex101.com/r/xXDncn/1
or have also tried using replace method in JS
str = str.replace("(UUID", "");
You can use
const str = '" "Tv "my-samsung" (UUID: a1c3bbc1d27c5be8:8baabe2fa7f5d9ca) is already switched-off""';
console.log(
str.replace(/\s*\(UUID:[^()]*\)/g, '').replace(/^[\s"]+|[\s"]+$/g, '').replaceAll('"', "'")
)
See the first regex demo. It matches
\s* - zero or more whitespaces\(UUID: - (UUID: string[^()]* - zero or more chars other than ( and )\) - a ) char.The g flag makes it replace all occurrences.
The second regex removes trailing and leading whitespace and double quotation marks:
^[\s"]+ - one or more whitespaces and double quotes at the start of string| - or[\s"]+$ - one or more whitespaces and double quotes at the end of string.The .replaceAll('"', "'") is necessary to replace all " with ' chars.
It is not a good idea to merge these two operations into one as the replacements are different. Here is how it could be done, just for learning purposes:
const str = '" "Tv "my-samsung" (UUID: a1c3bbc1d27c5be8:8baabe2fa7f5d9ca) is already switched-off""';
console.log(
str.replace(/^[\s"]+|[\s"]+$|\s*\(UUID:[^()]*\)|(")/g, (x,y) => y ? "'" : "")
)
That is, " is captured into Group 1, the replacement is now a callable, where x is the whole match and y is the Group 1 contents. If Group 1 matched, the replacement is ', else, the replacement is an empty string (to remove the match found).
you can try this
str.replace(/\(.*?\)/, "")
str.replace(/\(.*?\)/, "with")
--- update ---
const str = `"TV "my-samsung" (UUID: a1c3bbc1d27c5be8:8baabe2fa7f5d9ca) is already switched off."`;
const a = str.replace(/"(.*?)\(.*\)(.*)"/, (a, b, c) => {
return b.replace(/"/g, "'") + c
});
console.log(a); //TV 'my-samsung' is already switched off.