Is there any way to run the replace on only the first match? about react-string-replace HOT 3 OPEN

Hey @iansinnott thanks man, yeah I dug a bit further and saw that the flags were only set on !isRegExp(match), I've adapted the function in my project as I'm on a deadline but if I have some spare time I'll make a pull request - after a lot of searching your package finally put me on the right track!

Thanks for making FOSS :)

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Hey @jacobedawson, those flags should only be set if you don't supply your own regex, so I don't think that's the issue.

I'd guess you're running into the behavior of str.split. It will split on every match with or without regex flags. Run this in the console to see what I mean:

'hey there\nthis is a new line'.split(/( )/)

split does support a second limit argument which you might be able to use to your advantage here. I'd recommend trying that approach (either without this lib or with a fork) and seeing where you end up.

If you have a way to incorporate this into the lib that would be great too!

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I have now created a PR for this change: #91

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