regexReplace

Modified on Wed, 02 Aug 2023

Description

Replace matches for `pattern` in `input` string with `replacement`.

Syntax

regexReplace(input, pattern, replacement, flags)

Parameters

Input Parameter	Type	Description
input	string	The input string.
pattern	string	The regex pattern string to replace. (Ex: '\d{2}')
replacement	string	The match replacement.
flags (optional)	string	he modfier string. (Ex: combination of g, i, m)

Return value

Type
string

Sample

Example	Result	Description
regexReplace('Hi Fred', 'Fred', 'Barney')	'Hi Barney'	Replace with new string
regexReplace('Hi! how are you', 'o', '__')	'Hi! h__w are you'	Replace first matched substring
regexReplace('Hi! how are you', 'o', '__', 'gi' )	'Hi! h__w are y__u'	Ignore case and replace all matched substrings
regexReplace('Date : 12-01-1990', '\d{2}', 'xx');	'Date : xx-01-1990'	Replace first two digit characters with 'xx'
regexReplace('Date : 12-01-1990', '\d{2}', 'xx', 'g');	'Date : xx-xx-xxxx'	Replace all two digit characters with 'xx'

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See Also

String Functions