need help for recursive text replace function

recursive text replace

[tw56]

I have to change the german character over on the php side before sending them back through ajax. That all works fine and I can make the change on the javascript side but it only gets the first occurance.

if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
{
var txt=xmlhttp.responseText;
txt=txt.replace("0000","ß");
txt=txt.replace("1111","ü");
txt=txt.replace("2222","ä");
txt=txt.replace("3333","ö");
document.getElementById("myDiv").innerHTML=txt;
}

[penders]

Try passing a RegExp with the global modifier (g), rather than an ordinary string, as the first argument to the replace() method...

txt = txt.replace(/0000/g,"ß");

etc...

[tw56]

Wow, thanks penders. That worked. I tried building several complex functions but was not getting anywhere.