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replaceAll

text replaceAll(text, regex, replacement)

Replaces each substring in text that matches the regular expression with the given replacement.

The replacement text may contain $1..$N references to capture groups declared within the regular expression.

Both the regular expression syntax and text literals use the backslash \ and left curly bracket { characters for special purpose. Use \\ and \{ to avoid the text literal interpretation.

Flags embedded as a prefix in regex:

FlagDescription
(?d)Unix lines mode
(?i)Case-insensitive matching (US-ASCII only)
(?iu)Case-insensitive matching (Unicode, preferred)
(?m)Multiline mode
(?s)Dotall mode, use it when matching a multiple line value
(?u)Unicode-aware case folding
(?x)Ignore whitespace and comments in pattern

Parameters

  1. text — text to be matched.
  2. regexregular expression to match against.
  3. replacement — optional replacement text, default is no replacement.

Returns

  • the text with substrings replaced.
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