Re: Regular Expression - Match all except last one

Randy Webb wrote:
> I know that the /g flag will match all occurrences. Is there a way, with
> a Regular Expression, to match all occurrences *except* the last one?
>
> pattern = /df/g;
> var myString = "asdfasdfasdfasdf";
> var newString = myString.replace(pattern,'gh');
> alert(newString)
>
> Gives me: asghasghasghasgh as it should.
> What I want: asghasghasghasdf Where the last one is not replaced.

var newString = myString.replace(/df(.)/g,'gh$1');

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