I'm writing a string formatting function in LPC (...), but am versed in Javascript so a solution in either would be fine, the problem I am having is taking the following string for example:
~~~abc~~de~~~~~~~~~~~fgh~
And wrapping each ~ in a set of characters, for example []. My current output, using a standard replace_string() method, is:
[~][~][~]abc[~][~]de[~][~][~][~][~][~][~][~][~][~][~]fgh[~]
Where my goal is to output:
[~~~]abc[~~]de[~~~~~~~~~~~]fgh[~]
The reason I need to address this is because of max string length limitations, so it's actually an optimisation I need as opposed to one that would be a nice-to-have.
cheers, d
Use capturing group ((...)) and backreference ($1)
'~~~abc~~de~~~~~~~~~~~fgh~'.replace(/(~+)/g, '[$1]')
// => "[~~~]abc[~~]de[~~~~~~~~~~~]fgh[~]"