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Owning Class: string

Requires: MathScript RT Module

Syntax

c = regex_replace(a, format, b)

c = regex_replace(a, format, b, option)

c = regex_replace(a, format, b, n)

Legacy Name: regexprep

Description

Searches for a regular expression in the input string a and replaces the matched string with string b.

Details

Examples

Inputs

Name	Description
a	Specifies the string in which you want to perform a string replacement.
format	Specifies the pattern for which you want to search in a.
b	Specifies the string that replaces each matched string in a.
option	Specifies additional options for the search and replace operation. option is a string that accepts the following values. 'ignorecase' (default) Ignores the case when searching. 'once' Replaces only the first matched string. 'preservecase' Ignores the case when searching. However, LabVIEW preserves the case of the matched string in a and overrides the characters in b with the original case.
n	Directs LabVIEW to replace only the first n matched strings. If you do not specify n, LabVIEW replaces all matched strings in a.

Outputs

Name	Description
c	Returns the edited string with the replaced characters.

Details

If you specify 'preservecase', the matched string in a must follow one of the following capitalization patterns:

• The first letter is uppercase, as in Labview
• All letters are uppercase, as in LABVIEW
• All letters are lowercase, as in labview

If the matched string uses a different capitalization pattern, such as LabVIEW, LabVIEW uses the 'ignorecase' option instead of the 'preservecase' option.

Examples

a = 'Run regex_replace in LabVIEW MathScript';
format = 'L[a-zA-Z]+W';
c1 = regex_replace(a, format, 'MathScript')

a = 'Run regex_replace in LabVIEW MathScript';
format = 'L[a-z]+W';
c2 = regex_replace(a, format, 'MathScript', 'ignorecase')
c3 = regex_replace(a, format, 'MathScript', 'preservecase')

a = 'Run regex_replace in LABVIEW MathScript';
format = 'L[a-z]+W';
c4 = regex_replace(a, format, 'MathScript', 'preservecase')

Related Topics

regex
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