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Fixes the string methods which accept either a string or RegExp as pattern. Also, some help texts were changed to represent the actual behavior as per ECMA spec (e.g. when it is a literal pattern and when a regular expression pattern).

Fixes #5766

Fixes the string methods which accept either a string or RegExp as pattern. Also, some help texts were fixed to represent the actual behavior as per spec. See microsoft#5766
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lib/lib.d.ts Outdated
/**
* Replaces text in a string, using a regular expression or search string.
* @param searchValue A string that represents the regular expression.
* Replaces text in a string, using a regular expression or search string. Only regular expression with global flag replaces all occurrences.
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Can you reword this to "When given a regular expression with its global flag set, this method replaces all occurrences. Otherwise, only the first match is replaced."

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falsandtru commented Feb 6, 2017

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any updates?

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@falsandtru can you fix the merge conflict please? Sorry about that

Ping @DanielRosenwasser for review

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done in #14639

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mhegazy commented May 23, 2017

Fixed by #14639

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