substitute.js

export default function substitute(text, old_text, new_text, occurrence) {
  if (!text || !old_text || !new_text) {
    return text;
  } else if (occurrence === undefined) {
    return text.replace(new RegExp(old_text, "g"), new_text);
  } else {
    var index = 0;
    var i = 0;
    while (text.indexOf(old_text, index) > 0) {
      index = text.indexOf(old_text, index + 1);
      i++;
      if (i === occurrence) {
        return (
          text.substring(0, index) +
          new_text +
          text.substring(index + old_text.length)
        );
      }
    }
  }
}