js replace all symbols in string
function replaceAll(str, find, replace) { var escapedFind=find.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1"); return str.replace(new RegExp(escapedFind, 'g'), replace); } //usage example var sentence="How many shots did Bill take last night? That Bill is so crazy!"; var blameSusan=replaceAll(sentence,"Bill","Susan");