Replacing characters in a string?

[Troy28M]

I know this is probably a noob question but I need help.

I am trying to push data to a pdf file through the command line, which works but since the restricted characters (ampersand (&) and spaces) I want to manipulate once passed to the form. Right now I have spaces as Underscores and ampersands as plus signs. My code is something like this

case 'G':
var firstname = this.getField("firstname");
firstname.value=fields.substring(2,fields .length);
break;

I would like to replace the + and _ characters within this string before it prints on the pdf form.

TIA

 

[monksnake]

replace them with what?

<.

 

[Troy28M]

Because you can't pass spaces and/or ampersands through the command line, I had to change them to underscores and plus signs. I would like for example to change "Web_&_Page" to "Web Page" on the pdf form.

Obviously I would have to push "Web_&_Page" through the command line but the PDF file should show the correct
"Web Page".

 

[Troy28M]

I meant "Web_&_Page" to "Web & Page"

TIA

 

[feherke]

Hi

theStringVar=theStringVar.replace(/[+_]/g,' ');

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/