I know this can quickly be done with Regex:

I got string like:

"Alpha OmegaS Sheol Gehena GSSaga Serekali"

I wanna remove words that Starts with s.

So I should have:

"Alpha OmegaS Gehena GSSaga"

What have I tried?

Something like: str.replace(/^\\S/,"") //This NO GOOD.

The thing is I understand REGEX very well, but somehow REGEX does NOT understand me.

Any help is appreciated.

I know this can quickly be done with Regex:

I got string like:

"Alpha OmegaS Sheol Gehena GSSaga Serekali"

I wanna remove words that Starts with s.

So I should have:

"Alpha OmegaS Gehena GSSaga"

What have I tried?

Something like: str.replace(/^\\S/,"") //This NO GOOD.

The thing is I understand REGEX very well, but somehow REGEX does NOT understand me.

Any help is appreciated.

• javascript
• regex
• string
• text
• replace

Share Improve this question Follow asked Sep 3, 2013 at 11:01 ErickBestErickBest 4,69055 gold badges3232 silver badges4545 bronze badges 2

• You specified a lower case "s" where as the text sample you give only contains words beginning with an uppercase "S". Are you looking to remove words starting with both lower and uppercase "s"? – Lix Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 11:09
• insensitively targeting the case will be a prudent move... – ErickBest Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 11:16

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How about:

str.replace(/\bs\S+/ig,"")

Explanation:

NODE                     EXPLANATION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  \b                       the boundary between a word char (\w) and
                           something that is not a word char
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  s                        's'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  \S+                      non-whitespace (all but \n, \r, \t, \f,
                           and " ") (1 or more times (matching the
                           most amount possible))
----------------------------------------------------------------------

i is for case-insensitive
g is for global