I'd like to know a simple way to change:
My name[1] is David Smith[ref.2] and my home is in Auburn[Geo-Ref3], AL.
into
My name is David Smith and my home is Auburn, AL.
If I do
string.replace(/\[.*\]/g, "")
then I get
My name, AL.
Thanks.
.* will match greedily (as much as possible) by default. So the regex matched
My name[1] is David Smith[ref.2] and my home is in Auburn[Geo-Ref3], AL.
^----------------------------------------------------------^
You want to match reluctantly (as little as possible), which has syntax .*?. So use string.replace(/\[.*?\]/g, ""). This will match
My name[1] is David Smith[ref.2] and my home is in Auburn[Geo-Ref3], AL.
^-^ ^-----^ ^--------^