381       .replace(/\/\/.*?[\r\n]|\/\*(?:.|[\r\n])*?\*\//g, '')
382       .replace(/\s+/g, '').split(',');
482   return String(str).replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|[\]\/\\])/g, '\\$1');
592     return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
596     return this.replace(/<\w+(\s+("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>])+)?>|<\/\w+>/gi, '');
600     return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), '');
616     return this.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
620     return this.stripTags().replace(/&lt;/g,'<').replace(/&gt;/g,'>').replace(/&amp;/g,'&');
659     return this.replace(/-+(.)?/g, function(match, chr) {
669     return this.replace(/::/g, '/')
670                .replace(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/g, '$1_$2')
671                .replace(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/g, '$1_$2')
672                .replace(/-/g, '_')
677     return this.replace(/_/g, '-');
681     var escapedString = this.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(character) {
687     if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
688     return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
692     return this.replace(filter || Prototype.JSONFilter, '$1');
698     str = str.replace(/\\(?:["\\\/bfnrt]|u[0-9a-fA-F]{4})/g, '@');
699     str = str.replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"|true|false|null|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?/g, ']');
700     str = str.replace(/(?:^|:|,)(?:\s*\[)+/g, '');
708       json = json.replace(cx, function (a) {
805         var comp = match[1].startsWith('[') ? match[2].replace(/\\\\]/g, ']') : match[1];
2058   replace: function(element, content) {  method in Element.Methods
2317     element.className = element.className.replace(
2561       return filter.replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'');
2770   Element.Methods.replace = function(element, content) {  function
4139 				match[1] = (match[1] || "").replace(/\\/g, "");
4351 			match = " " + match[1].replace(/\\/g, "") + " ";
4392 			var name = match[1].replace(/\\/g, "");
4927 		selector = selector.replace( Expr.match.PSEUDO, "" );