ReReplace

Uses a regular expression (regex) to search a string for a string pattern and replace it with another.

The search is case-sensitive.

Method Signature

ReReplace(string=[string], regex=[string], substring=[string], scope=[string])

Arguments

Argument

Type

Required

Description

Default

string

true

The string to search

regex

string

true

The regular expression to search for

substring

string

true

The string to replace regex with

scope

string

true

The scope to search in (one, all)

one

Examples

Strip Characters Using ReReplace

This example strips out all characters except a-z and 0-9.

Run Example

reReplaceNoCase( "test 123!", "[^a-z0-9]", "", "ALL" );

Result: test123

Extract Characters Using Back Reference

Uses a back reference: \1 to extract the pattern contained within the parenthesis.

Run Example

reReplaceNoCase( "123abc456", "[0-9]+([a-z]+)[0-9]+", "\1" );

Result: abc

Additional Examples

Run Example

writeDump( REReplaceNoCase( "xxabcxxabcxx", "ABC", "def" ) );
writeDump( REReplaceNoCase( "CABARET", "C|B", "G", "ALL" ) );
writeDump( REReplaceNoCase( "cabaret", "[A-Z]", "G", "ALL" ) );
writeDump( REReplaceNoCase( "I love jeLLies", "jell(y|ies)", "cookies" ) );
writeDump( REReplaceNoCase( "I love Jelly", "jell(y|ies)", "cookies" ) );

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Examples

Strip Characters Using ReReplace

Extract Characters Using Back Reference

Additional Examples

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