Dinfio Documentation — Function Reference: regex_replace()

Module regex → regex_replace()

Description

Perform a regular expression replace

regex_replace(pattern, subject, replacement, case_sensitive = false)

Parameters

pattern (string) — Regex pattern to search for. The pattern follows the ECMAScript syntax
subject (string) — The target sequence
replacement (string) — The replacement string
case_sensitive (boolean, optional) — If case_sensitive is true then regex is performed with regard to case. The default value is false

Return Value

string — Returns the replaced string

Usage Example

import regex
 
pattern = "(\w+)@(\w+)\.com"
subject = "clara@yahoo.com; sarah@gmail.com; ana@icloud.com"
replace_to = "$1 on email $2"
 
regex_replace(pattern, subject, replace_to)
 
' Returns "clara on email yahoo; sarah on email gmail; ana on email icloud"