Transform string to timecode pattern?

Question

How can I get zeroes into my strings with the following results (a few examples):

1 => 01
01.0 => 01.00
1.0.01.00 => 01.00.01.00
1.0.0.0 => 01:00:00:00
10.0.10.0 => 10:00:10:00

This is what I've come up with so far but it doesn't give me what I want. Thanks for help!

tc = tc.replace('.', ':');
tc = tc.replace(',', ':');
tc = tc.replace(/(:|^)(\d)(?=:|$)/g, "$10$2");

How about parsing the input into an object and then formatting the result? — Harald Gliebe, Mar 11 '17 at 07:50
@SeaBass Assuming you meant to use `:` in your first three examples of desired behavior, I have an answer for you below. — gyre, Mar 11 '17 at 08:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '17 at 07:54

Prepend 0 to all single digits surrounded by word boundaries (\b), and then replace every comma and period with a colon using the character set [.,]. Don't forget to use the global (g) flag on each regular expression so that every occurrence of the target pattern is replaced, not just the first one.

function timecode (s) {
  return s.replace(/\b(\d)\b/g, '0$1').replace(/[.,]/g, ':')
}

console.log(timecode('1') === '01')
console.log(timecode('01.0') === '01:00')
console.log(timecode('1.0.01.00') === '01:00:01:00')
console.log(timecode('1.0.0.0') === '01:00:00:00')
console.log(timecode('10.0.10.0') === '10:00:10:00')

Transform string to timecode pattern?

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