findReplaceFirst() | Decadis App Help Center

This function replaces the first occurrence of a given substring with a given replacement.

Bash

findReplaceFirst(text, stringToBeReplaced, replacement) #Output: Text

Examples

Parser expression	Description
Bash `findReplaceFirst("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your")`	This example returns Goodbye your love, hello my friend.

Parser expression

Description

Bash

findReplaceFirst("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your")

This example returns

Goodbye your love, hello my friend.

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`text`	text	Any given text.
`stringToBeReplaced`	text	The string that should be replaced.
`replacement`	text	The replacement for the first found substring matching the `stringToBeReplaced`.

Output

This function returns a text

If you want to use a regular expression instead, have a look at replaceFirst().

If you want to replace all occurences of a substring, have a look at findReplaceAll().

📚 Use cases and examples

Use case	JWT feature	Workflow function	Field type	Automated action	Parser functions
Create a sub-task for every sub-task closed		Create issue			findReplaceFirst() first() findPattern() toString() sum() toNumber()