find element in an array and replace it by a callback function
var charSets = new Array("ab","bb","cd","ab","cc","ab","dd","ab");
function replaceElement(element,index,array) {
if (element == "ab") array[index] = "**";
}
// apply function to each array element
charSets.forEach(replaceElement);
alert(charSets); // prints **,bb,cd,**,cc,**,dd,**