`string.replaceAllRegex()`

Replace all occurrences of substrings matching a regular expression in a String.

Signature

replaceAllRegex(pattern: String, replacement: String) => String

Replaces all occurrences of substrings matching a regular expression in the calling String with a provided replacement.

Returns a new String. The calling String isn’t changed.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
pattern	String	true	Regular expression to match in the calling String. Supports Java regex.
replacement	String	true	Replacement for matches in the calling String.

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

pattern

true

Regular expression to match in the calling String. Supports Java regex.

replacement

true

Replacement for matches in the calling String.

Type	Description
String	Resulting String with replacements.

Type

Description

Resulting String with replacements.

"1234".replaceAllRegex('\\w', 'abc-')

"abc-abc-abc-abc-"