Javascript - issues with replacing text

I think the size of the string shouldn't matter. The standard string replace function only replaces the first occurrence so try using a regular expression with the g option (for global):

var v_start_superhero = pre_final_decrypt.replace(new RegExp("!!!!!!!!!!!COMIC_BOOK//////////", "g"), "");

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good idea...but when I run it with the regex in there...it craps out.....do I need to import a library for the regex?

heres the encrypted string:

       
        "!!!!!!!!!!!START_COMIC//////////!!!!!!!!!!!STOP_STRIP//////////&END&END*****|.....E.....||.....n.....||.....t.....||.....e.....||.....r.....|"

should be

"Enter"

Hmm ok that's a bit different. If the first part is static you can get rid of that with substring or simple string replace, but if the different parts can be in the string at different positions then I guess here's how I would do this (based on the previous replace):

var v_start_superhero = pre_final_decrypt.replace(new RegExp("!!!!!!!!!!!START_COMIC//////////", "g"), "").replace(new RegExp("!!!!!!!!!!!STOP_STRIP//////////", "g"), "").replace(new RegExp("\&END\&END\\*{5}", "g"), "").replace(new RegExp("(\\|\\.{5}(.)\\.{5}\\|)", "g"), "$2");

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The main new thing here is the last replace which takes care of taking the wanted letters out of the repeating patterns of pipe symbols and dots.

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