Regex

Use

myString.replace(/\s/, "-"); //replaces spaces with dashes

see website for rules and testing environment: regex toolbox http://design215.com/toolbox/regexp.php

 

puts brackets around words with doubled final consonants, then lists the doubled consonant and the suffix	/(\b\w+[aeiou] ([bdfglmnprstz])\2 (ing|y|ed|er|en|est) \w* \b)/xig	"[$1]:$2:$3"
adds markup to a umd link:	/http:\w{1,} \.umd \.edu/gx	"<a href=\"$&\">this<\\a>"
soc secy number	/(\d{3})\s*(\d{2})\s*(\d{4})/g	"$1-$2-$3"
adds zero before decimal	/([\s+\-*\/^]-?)\.(\d+)\b/g	"$10.$2"
trims trailing zeros	/\b(-?\d+\.\d*?)0+\b/g	"$1"
removes trailing decimal points (unless they are the last char in string - so add a space first)	/\b(-?\d+)\.([\s+\-*\/^])/g	"$1$2"