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how to replace all the string in javascript when the string is javascript variable

function name(str,replaceWhat,replaceTo){
    replaceWhat = replaceWhat.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
    var re = new RegExp(replaceWhat, 'g');
    return str.replace(re,replaceTo);
}