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|p1= haystack: [[String]]
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|p2= pattern: [[String]] - Format [[:Category:Command Group: Strings - Regular Expression|regex pattern]]
|p2= pattern: [[String]] - Format [[Arma 3: Regular Expressions|regex pattern]]


|p3= replaceString: [[String]] - [https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_76_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/perl_format.html Reference]
|p3= replaceString: [[String]] - [https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_76_0/libs/regex/doc/html/boost_regex/format/perl_format.html Reference]

Revision as of 19:43, 5 October 2021

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Description

Description:
Searches given haystack with given pattern and replaces all matches with given replaceString.
Groups:
Strings - Regular Expression

Syntax

Syntax:
haystack regexReplace [pattern, replace string]
Parameters:
haystack: String
pattern: String - Format regex pattern
replaceString: String - Reference
Return Value:
String - Modified text

Examples

Example 1:
"wookie boOkie cookie" regexReplace [".oo/gio", "[$']"]; // "[kie boOkie cookie]kie [kie cookie]kie [kie]kie"
Example 2:
"wookie boOkie cookie" regexReplace [".oo/gio", "[$&]"]; // "[woo]kie [boO]kie [coo]kie"
Example 3:
"wook1e boOk2e cook3e" regexReplace [".oo/gio", "[$`]"]; // "[]kie [k1e ]k2e [k2e ]k3e"
Example 4:
"wook1e boOk2e cook3e" regexReplace [".(oo)(.*?)e", "[$2]"]; // "[k1] [k2] [k3]"
Example 5:
"wOokie boOkie cookie" regexReplace [".(?<test>oo)kie/gio", "[$+{test}]"]; // "[oo] [oO] [oo]"

Additional Information

See also:
regexMatch regexFind

Notes

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