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`string.replaceRegex()`

Replace occurrences of a String matching a regex.

Signature

replaceRegex(match: String, replacement: String) => String

replaceRegex(match: String, replacement: String, count: Number) => String

Description

The replaceRegex() method replaces count number of occurrences of the a string that evaluates to the match regex with the replacement string.

The original string isn’t changed.

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Description

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
match	String	Yes	Regex to compare against source string for matching string. Supports Java regex.
replacement	String	Yes	String to replace matching string in source string.
count	Number		Count of number of matching occurrences to replace. default = `1`.

match

String

Yes

Regex to compare against source string for matching string. Supports Java regex.

replacement

String

Yes

String to replace matching string in source string.

count

Number

Count of number of matching occurrences to replace.
default = 1.

Return value

Type	Description
String	Original string with substrings that match the match regex replaced by the replacement string.

Type

Description

String

Original string with substrings that match the match regex replaced by the replacement string.

Examples

'foo bar'.replaceRegex('\\w', 'z', 2)

"zzo bar"

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