Replacement
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["Regexp", "Flags", "newSubstr/replacerFunction"], [...]
Regexp A regular expression object.
Flags Regular expressions have optional flags that allow for functionality like global searching and case-insensitive searching.
Flag | Description |
---|---|
newSubstr (replacement) The String that replaces the substring specified by the specified regexp or substr parameter
replacerFunction (replacement) A function to be invoked to create the new substring to be used to replace the matches to the given regexp or substr
A new string, with all matches of a pattern replaced by a replacement
RegExp | Source Text | Result |
---|---|---|
d
Generate indices for substring matches
g
Find all matches rather than stopping after the first match
i
If u
flag is also enabled, use Unicode case folding
m
Treat beginning and end characters (^
and $
) as working over multiple lines. In other words, match the beginning or end of each line (delimited by or ), not only the very beginning or end of the whole input string
s
Allows .
to match newlines
u
Treat pattern
as a sequence of Unicode code points
[": ?(\d+)", "gm", ""]
Character : Hello. : 10 : 09 : 10 : 30
Character : Hello.
["([^]*):", "gm", ""]
Day 29 - Monday: Morning: Character: Hello.
Hello.
[": ([^]*)", "gm", ""]
Hello.: -AAA: +BBB: 123
Hello.
["Day((.*?):){2}", "gm", ""]
Day 29 - Monday: Morning: Character: Hello.
Character: Hello.
["(\b\S.+\b)(?=.*\1\b)", "gms", ""]
Monday Monday Monday
Monday