I'm trying to replace a password token [**PASSWORD**] in a string with the password and am having trouble with passwords that contain the string $&.
For example:
var re = new RegExp('(?:\\[\\*\\*PASSWORD\\*\\*\\])', 'g');
'Your temporary password is: [**PASSWORD**]'.replace(re, 'B9z3$&dd');
I want the output to be Your temporary password is: B9z3$&dd, but instead the $& is resolving the backreference to [**PASSWORD**] which makes the output Your temporary password is: B9z3[**PASSWORD**]dd
How can I prevent Javascript from resolving the backreference and simply insert the text as-is?
Thank you!
You need to escape the $ in your replacement string doubling it: B9z3$$&dd.
Here's a demo:
result = 'Your temporary password is: [**PASSWORD**]'.replace(/\[\*\*PASSWORD\*\*\]/mg, "B9z3$$&dd");
console.log(result);