I have this JavaScript:
var str = "abcdefoihewfojias".split(''); for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) { var xp = str[i] = "|"; } alert( str.join("") );
I aim to replace every fourth letter in the string abcdefoihewfojias
with |
, so it becomes abc|efo|....etc
,but I do not have a clue how to do this.
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Answer
To support re-usability and the option to wrap this in an object/function let’s parameterise it:
var str = "abcdefoihewfojias".split(''); var nth = 4; // the nth character you want to replace var replaceWith = "|" // the character you want to replace the nth value for (var i = nth-1; i < str.length-1; i+=nth) { str[i] = replaceWith; } alert( str.join("") );