re-replace ( string regexp replacement -- result ) (original) (raw)
re-replace ( string regexp replacement -- result )
Regular expressions » Matching operations with regular expressions
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Vocabulary
regexp
Inputs
| string | a string |
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| regexp | a regexp |
| replacement | a string |
Outputs
| result | a string |
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Word description
Replaces substrings which match the input regexp with the given replacement text. The boundaries of the substring are chosen by the strategy used by all-matching-slices.
Examples
USING: prettyprint regexp ; "python is pythonic" R/ python/ "factor" re-replace .
"factor is factoric"
See also
re-replace-with
Definition
USING: kernel regexp.private sequences sequences.private ;
: re-replace ( string regexp replacement -- result )
[ [ subseq-unsafe ] (re-split) ] dip join ;