NAME¶
Regex::replace - Replace a compiled pattern with a string.
SYNOPSIS¶
Void replace( String key, String new, var String str, [ReplaceFlags]
fl=createArray(1), [REFlags] mfl=createArray(1) )
ARGUMENTS¶
key A pattern string
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.
mfl A list of
Regex.REFlags (3kaya) options for compiling the
pattern. Ths 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.
Regex.compile (3kaya)
Regex.replace (3kaya)