Regex to wrap text with tags

Question

I need a JavaScript regex to wrap "#hashtags" with <span> tags

Example:

Before: "I need #help, please. #Thanks"

After: "I need <span> #help </span> , please. <span> #Thanks </span> "

Currently, /#\\w*\\b/g finds all of the #hashtags but how do I wrap them in span tags?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This works -

str = "I need #help, please. #Thanks"
str = str.replace(/(\#[a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+)/g,"<span>$1</span>");
//> "I need <span>#help</span>, please. <span>#Thanks</span>"