Replace()

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Replaces occurrences of substring1 in a string with substring2, in a specified scope.

The search is case-sensitive.

Replace( string=string, substring=any, replacement=any, scope=string );

Returns: String

Argument Description Default
string
string, required 		edit

String in which to search.
substring
any, required 		edit

Substring for which to search.

Optionally pass a Struct with key/value pairs to do a replace all

Alias: sub1, find, substring1
replacement
any, optional 		edit

Substring with which to replace the found matches.

This arg is required if the substring1 arg is a string

You can also pass in a function with the signature function(find,index,input)

Alias: sub2, repl, substring2
scope
string, optional 		edit

scope for the execution:

  • one (default): replaces only the first occurrence
  • all: replaces all occurrences

one

Examples

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writeDump(replace("xxabcxxabcxx","abc","def"));
writeDump(replace("xxabcxxabcxx","abc","def","All"));
writeDump(replace("abc","a","b","all"));
writeDump(replace("a.b.c.d",".","-","all"));
test = "camelcase CaMeLcAsE CAMELCASE";
test2 = Replace(test, "camelcase", "CamelCase", "all");
writeDump(test2);
replacer = function(find,index,input){
	dump(var=arguments, label="replacement arguments");
	return "-#index#-";
};
writeDump(var=
    replace("one string, two strings, three strings", "string",
    	replacer,
        "all"
    ),
	label="replace with a function"
);

writeDump(var=
    replace("one string, two strings, three strings",
    	{"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "string": "txt", "text": "string"}),
	label="replace via a struct"
); // struct keys need to be quoted

See also