Functions

regReplace

Supported By

Syntax

[the] regReplace of ( haystack , needle , noodle )

regReplace ( haystack , needle , noodle )

Haystack yields any string. Needle yields a string describing a regular expression. Noodle yields a string describing a replacement expression.

Description

The regReplace function returns the string haystack with the first occurrence of the regular expression needle replaced with the replacement expression noodle.

Needle is a regular expression. Noodle is more-or-less a literal string; however, backslashes or dollar signs in noodle will refer to groups in the found expression rather than literal backslashes or dollar signs. For a literal version of this function, see replace or csReplace.

See Also

regReplaceAll, trReplace