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:
Flag | Description |
---|---|
(?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 |