Replace forward slash character in JavaScript string

Question

I have this string    var someString    23 03 2012     and want to replace all the     with  -    I tried to do this   someString replace    g   -      But it seems you cant have a forward slash   in there

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Try escaping the slash  someString replace     g   -     By the way -   is a  forward- slash    is a backslash

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Escape it  someString replace     g   -

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You can just replace like this    var someString    23 03 2012    someString replace     g   -      It works for me

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Remove all forward slash occurrences with blank char in Javascript   modelData   modelData replace     g

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You need to escape your slash       g

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First of all  that s a forward slash  And no  you can t have any in regexes unless you escape them  To escape them  put a backslash     in front of it   someString replace     g   -      Live example

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Just use the split - join approach   my string split      join  replace with this

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Area replace new RegExp     g    -   replaces multiple forward slashes     with -

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