Replacing single quote from a string

March 27, 2022

I have a string with contain some single quote, I want to replace all the single quote present inside string with double quote excluding the single quote preset inside {} [] () . Any pointer will be really helpful trying to solve this using JAVASCRIPT.

Actual String :

let str =`name:'John' {hobbies:'Playing'} , (age: '45')`;
console.log(str);

Expected Output:

name:"John" {hobbies:’Playing’} , (age: ’45’)

>Solution :

Check out .replaceAll.

In order to replace just the single quotes around John, you’ll probably want to use a bit of Regex.

let str = "name:'John' {hobbies:'Playing'} , (age: '45')";
str = str.replaceAll(/(name:)'([^']+?)'/g, "$1\"$2\"");
console.log(str);
//    name:"John" {hobbies:'Playing'} , (age: '45')