Remove single quotes and last comma in jquery string using Regex

Question

I have a data

'abc','def','ghi',

I want to remove the single quote on all character and want to remove only the last comma, example like below

abc,def,ghi

How would i achieve that using regex for javascript?

I tried using this regex

.replace(^\'|,\s*$,"");

But seems like it is only removing the first quote as shown below

abc','def','ghi',

I am not very good in regex, i appreciate any help that i can get. Thanks

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:00

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try this:

.replace(/\'|,$/g, "");

the ^ at the beggining made the regexp to only match the quote at the beggining of the string, also you have to add the g to keep looking after the first match

answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:00

izambl

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Lets say if i want to remove comma in front and all single quotes, which regex should i use? `,'abc','def','ghi'` to `abc,def,ghi` – justarandom Feb 19 '20 at 09:51
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You add a `^,` to capture the first comma: `.replace(/^,|\'|,$/g, "");` – izambl Feb 19 '20 at 13:53
Thank you so much! You're my saviour! – justarandom Feb 20 '20 at 02:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:02

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There is an easy way, use the $ operator

.replace(/'|,$/g, '')

answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:02

elrrrrrrr

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:39

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Can you please check replace(/'|(,)$/g," ") and it should work.

answered Feb 18 '20 at 04:39

Arindam

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This is working as well, but it is more complicated than the one from izambl – justarandom Feb 18 '20 at 04:41

Remove single quotes and last comma in jquery string using Regex

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