'Convert double asterisk to bold tag

I want to turn **test** into <b>test</b>

I've tried:

const result = "**str**".replace(/\*/g, "<b>");
console.log(result);

javascript html

Solution 1:^[1]

Try:

const result = "**str**".replace(/\*{2}(.*?)\*{2}/g, "<b>$1</b>");
console.log(result);

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