I have a string:

`{"response":{"count":544271,"items":[358322758,358306517,358297876,358293716,358293542,358285919,358281793,358241319,358239216,358238181]}}`

I am trying to remove its first part using the replacement method:

 badString.replace("{\"response\":{\"count\":", "aaa");

But, as a result, the string does not change, I get the original string! Why is this happening and how to fix it?

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    The replace method returns a modified string, but does not change it. So you need to assign the result of calling this method to your string.

     badString = badString.replace("{\"response\":{\"count\":", "aaa");

    It is also written on the docks:

    Returns a copy of this string after replacing.

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      ... and continue to use the JSON parser to parse JSON :) - VladD
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      @VladD, useful addition, yes) - YuriySPb ♦
    • @VladD, hmm .... is there such a thing?) - user189127
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      @ bukashka101, yes, there is. Here is an example - JuriySPb ♦
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      @ bukashka101: ru.stackoverflow.com/q/312660/10105 - VladD