Substitute

Replace the first match of a regex by a string. Replace it globally.

examples/regex/substitute.html
<script>
var text = 'There is a number 42 in this an another number #123 but nothing else.';
console.log(text);

var changed = text.replace(/\d+/, 'NUMBER');
console.log(changed);
console.log(text); 

var ch2 = text.replace(/\d+/g, 'NUMBER');
console.log(ch2);

</script>