function convert(input) {
        const patternElement = document.getElementById('regex-find');
        if (!patternElement) {
        console.error("Element with ID 'regex-find' not found.");
        return input;
        }
        const pattern = patternElement.value;

        const replaceElement = document.getElementById('regex-replace');
        if (!replaceElement) {
        console.error("Element with ID 'regex-replace' not found.");
        return input;
        }
        const replacement = replaceElement.value;

        const flags = 'g';

        let regex;
        try {
        regex = new RegExp(pattern, flags);
        } catch (e) {
        console.error("Invalid regular expression:", e);
        return input;
        }

        // Perform the replacement
        const result = input.replace(regex, replacement);
        return result;
        }


        $(document).ready(function() {
        $('#regex-find, #regex-replace').on('input', function() {


        // Trigger the input event on #box1
        $('#box1').trigger('keyup');
        });
        });

    





function replaceAll(find, replace, str) {
    return str.replace(new RegExp(find, 'g'), replace);
}

function beautify(str) {


    var result = '';

    var length = str.length;

    var i = 0;

    var braceCountLeft = 0;
    var braceCountRight = 0;

    var withinQuotes = false;

    while (i < length) {

        var c = str[i];

        if (c == '"' && (i == 0 || c[i - 1] != '\\')) {
            // non-escaped quotes
            withinQuotes = !withinQuotes;
        }

        if (!withinQuotes && (c == '}' || c == '{' || c == ',')) {

            console.log('Start####' + result);

            // look back and remove carriage returns and whitespace that are already there

            var resultIndex = result.length - 1;
            while (resultIndex >= 0 && (result[resultIndex] == ' ' || result[resultIndex] == '\r' || result[resultIndex] == '\n' || result[resultIndex] == '\t')) {

                resultIndex = resultIndex - 1;
                result = result.substr(0, resultIndex + 1);

                console.log('char ' + result[resultIndex] + '-----' + result + 'zzz ' + result.length + ' ' + resultIndex);

            }


            if (c == '{') {
                braceCountLeft++;
                result += c + '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight);
            } else if (c == '}') {
                braceCountRight++;
                // precede with carriage return
                result += '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight) + c;
            } else if (c == ',') {
                result += c + '\r' + GetTabs(braceCountLeft - braceCountRight);
            }

            var nextChar = '';

            // advance through whitespace and remove carriage returns that are already there
            while (i < length && (str[i + 1] == ' ' || str[i + 1] == '\r' || str[i + 1] == '\n' || str[i + 1] == '\t')) {
                i++;
            }

        } else {

            result += str[i];

        }


        i++;

    }

    return result;

}

function GetTabs(count) {

    var result = '';

    for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
        result += '    ';
    }

    return result;

}