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Regex.replace(3kaya) Kaya module reference Regex.replace(3kaya)

NAME

Regex::replace - Replace a compiled pattern with a string.

SYNOPSIS

Void replace( Regex keyre, String new, var String str, [ReplaceFlags] fl=createArray(1) )

ARGUMENTS

keyre A compiled regular expression
new The string to replace matches with
str The string to search for matches (will be edited in place).
fl A list of Regex.ReplaceFlags (3kaya) options. This parameter may be omitted and defaults to the empty list.

DESCRIPTION

Replace the first match (or all matches if fl contains Global ) of key with new in the String str
new may contain back references into the pattern, $1, $2, etc, which stand for sub-matches.

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.

RELATED

Regex.compile (3kaya)
Regex.replace_1 (3kaya)
August 2014 Kaya