util.REGEX.replace

util.REGEX.replace

Replaces a string matching the regular expression with a string matching the other regular expression.

By default, util.REGEX.replace() replaces only the 1st occurrence of the necessary string.

To replace more than one occurrence, you must use this modifier - g.

Syntax:

util.regex.replace(s STRING, re REGEX, fmt STRING) RETURNING rpl STRING

Parameters:

re

input string

s

regular expression that will be matched against the input string

fmt

format of the replacing string

Returned values:

Returns a string with the made replacements.

Usage and examples:

DEFINE regex util.REGEX

DEFINE rs, rpl STRING

...

LET regex = /a|e|i|o|u/

CALL util.REGEX.replace(rs, regex,"[$&]")

...

The examples above were taken from the example program.

 

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