在 Javascript 内写括号替换

Question

function myFunction() {
  var text = document.getElementById("ansiText").value; 
  var finalText = text.replace(/)/g, "right");
 
  document.getElementById("ansiText").value = finalText;
}

I want to find and replace ( as left and ) as right . But its didn't work if i write ) in code, its create errors. How can I write ( in replace function?

Answer 1

Just escape the brackets to fix this: text.replace(/\)/g, "right")

function myFunction() {
  var text = document.getElementById("ansiText").value; 
  var finalText = text.replace(/\)/g, "right");
 
  document.getElementById("ansiText").value = finalText;
}