Remove string from a string jquery

Question

I am trying to replace within a string using jquery ``` var myString ="qwerty" var avoid ="t" ``` I want to do someting like ``` myString.replace(avoid,''); ``` I was able to remove like `myString.replace('t','');` But i want it to be like `myString.replace(avoid,'');` How to do it? JsFiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/nKSZT/

Accepted Answer

Your problem is that `replace` does not replace the characters in your original string but returns a new string with the replacement.

```
myString = myString.replace(avoid,'');
```

Remove string from a string jquery

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