RegExp??? - newbie

[Gremdel]

Here's a real easy question. I hope. Can someone tell me why this doesn't work:

var stringTest = "Grendel";
pattern = new RegExp("n");
stringTest.replace(pattern,'m');
alert(stringTest);

All it "returns" is "Grendel". It doesn't report an error or anything, it just fails to match the 'n'.

[Gremdel]

Thanks Dave, works like a charm. I assume it's the same for match(...) as well.

What I really wanted it for was to strip commas and '$' out of money strings. That's easy enough but does anyone have a quick and easy way to put them back in? Don't rack your brains too hard, I already wrote a long and hard way to put them back. I was just wondering if there was a way to use regular expressions.

Thanks again.

[jboyce]

select '$'||ltrim(to_char(4532.59,'999,999,999,999.99')) as amount from dual