Javascript replace function using regular expressions

Question

I am trying to use javascript's replace function to replace a string. But it just replaces the first instance. So when I use regular global expressions,

var result = 'moaning|yes you|hello test|mission control|com on'.replace(/|/g, ';');

I get: http://jsfiddle.net/m8UuD/196/

I want to get:

moaning;yes you;hello test;mission control;com on

Answer 1

Simply escape the pipe :

 'moaning|yes you|hello test|mission control|com on'.replace(/\|/g, ';');

Here you'll find the list of regex special characters that you should generally escape.

Answer 2

var result = 'moaning|yes you|hello test|mission control|com on'.replace(/\|/g, ';');