Search and replace a defenite string

[Deepa_7476]

Hi..
I having trouble in search and replace a specific string

;) -- replace with "wink"
;;) --reblace with "DBL_wink"

When i give in my Js file

mytext = mytext.replace(/\;\)/ig,"wink")
mytext = mytext.replace(/\;;\)/ig,"DBL_wink")

The output is

;) -- is REPLACED with "wink" ---correct
;;)-- is REPLACED with " ;wink" --not correct (must be "DBL_wink")

Waht am i missing here
Can anyone help me please
Deepa

[AutisticCuckoo]

Call the second one first, since the first one is a subset:

mytext = mytext.replace(/;;)/g, "DBL_wink");
mytext = mytext.replace(/;)/g, "wink");

What happens is that your first call changes all occurrences of &#59 to "wink". That means that any occurrence of ;&#59 will be changed into ";wink" by the first replace. There will be no occurrence of ;&#59 left for the second replace.

[Deepa_7476]

that was pretty quick.thanks. let me try

[Deepa_7476]

wow.. worked like a charm..
thanks