I need to replace all "*text*" into "<strong>text</strong>"
when passing text = "normal text *words to be bolded* continue normal text" it doesn't work because of the spaces, it works only for single-word text.
wanted result: "normal text <strong>words to be bolded</strong> continue normal text"
result: "normal text *words to be bolded* continue normal text"
I need this function to work for whatever the text is:
function bold(text){
reg = /\*(\w+)\*/g
return text.replaceAll(reg, "<strong>" + text.split(reg)[1] + "</strong>")
}
You can use the array split method.
const str = "word1 word2 pla pla";
const newStr = [];
str.split(" ").forEach((val) => {
newStr.push(`<strong>${val}</strong> `);
});
console.log(newStr);You should allow a set of characters to be there. Right now, you have the sequence of characters fixed.
function bold(text){
reg = /\*([\w\s]+)\*/g
return text.replaceAll(reg, "<strong>" + text.split(reg)[1] + "</strong>")
}
I assume that by 'words to be bolded', you are trying to match anything that is not asterisk.
function bold(text){
let reg = /\*([^\*]*)\*/g;
return text.replaceAll(reg, "<strong>$1</strong>")
};
let result = bold("normal1 *bold1 including space!* normal2 *bold2, including space?* normal3");
console.log(result);