Using JavaScript's replace() method with global switch on a variable

Question

I can't any example of this after being unable to puzzle out how it would work on my own. All I want to do is take a string which has been assigned to a value, and use that as the replace match string for all matches. ``` var replacement = 'i'; var text = 'tieiam'; text = text.replace(replacement, ''); // 'teiam' text = text.replace(/tieiam/g, ''); // 'team' ``` How do I use them together??

Accepted Answer

What you want is to use the RegExp object:

```
text = text.replace(new RegExp(replacement, 'g'), '');
```

Simple example of it in action.

Using JavaScript's replace() method with global switch on a variable

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