Making javascript's Replace() match multiple words

Question

I want to strip the following out of a string:

An example string would be 'http://www.google.com', and I need to strip both 'http://' and 'www..'

I am trying to do this via Javascript's replace() using regex:

string.replace(/http:\/\/|www\.|www2\.|\//i,"");

The problem I'm encountering is that it will only strip one match from the regex. For example, in the above string only 'http://' would be removed.

Have I got the regex wrong or is replace only able to match once? I tested my expression on an online, non-JS regex builder and it worked fine.

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

John Strickler · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-14 14:27:28Z

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//Add the /g tag at the end for "global"
string.replace(/http:(s?)|www(2?)|\//ig,"");

answered Jul 14, 2011 at 14:19

John Strickler

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