This function replaces all substrings matching the given regular expression with a given replacement.
replaceAll(text, regex, replacement) #Output: Text
Examples
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Parser expression |
Description |
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Bash
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This example returns: HelloWorld All whitespace characters have been removed.
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Bash
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This example returns: Hello World |
Additional information
Parameters used in this function
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Parameter |
Input (data type) |
Description |
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text |
Any given text. |
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text |
A valid regular expression that grabs all substrings to be replaced. |
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text |
This text will replace all substrings found by the regex. |
Output
This function returns a text
This expression could be used to e.g. modify an issue's summary or description.
If you want to replace only the first matching occurrence, have a look at the replaceFirst() function.
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replaceFirst("Hello World", "l", "_") |
replaceAll("Hello World", "l", "_") |
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"He_lo World" |
"He__o Wor_d" |
If you don't want to use a regular expression, have a look at the findReplaceAll() function.