281       .replace(/\/\/.*?[\r\n]|\/\*(?:.|[\r\n])*?\*\//g, '')
282       .replace(/\s+/g, '').split(',');
368   return String(str).replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|[\]\/\\])/g, '\\$1');
475     return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
479     return this.replace(/<\w+(\s+("[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>])+)?>|<\/\w+>/gi, '');
483     return this.replace(new RegExp(Prototype.ScriptFragment, 'img'), '');
499     return this.replace(/&/g,'&amp;').replace(/</g,'&lt;').replace(/>/g,'&gt;');
503     return this.stripTags().replace(/&lt;/g,'<').replace(/&gt;/g,'>').replace(/&amp;/g,'&');
559     return this.replace(/::/g, '/')
560                .replace(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/g, '$1_$2')
561                .replace(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/g, '$1_$2')
562                .replace(/-/g, '_')
567     return this.replace(/_/g, '-');
571     var escapedString = this.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(character) {
577     if (useDoubleQuotes) return '"' + escapedString.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
578     return "'" + escapedString.replace(/'/g, '\\\'') + "'";
586     return this.replace(filter || Prototype.JSONFilter, '$1');
592     str = this.replace(/\\./g, '@').replace(/"[^"\\\n\r]*"/g, '');
686         var comp = match[1].startsWith('[') ? match[2].replace(/\\\\]/g, ']') : match[1];
1904   replace: function(element, content) {  method in Element.Methods
2140     element.className = element.className.replace(
2558       return filter.replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'');
2783   Element.Methods.replace = function(element, content) {  function
3250           e = e.replace(m[0], '');
3277           e = e.replace(m[0], '');
3295           id = id.replace(/([\.:])/g, "\\$1");
3324             e = e.replace(m[0], '');
3426               e = e.replace(m[0], '');
3483       if (m[6]) m[6] = m[6].replace(/"/g, '\\"');