Regsub

regsub converts the value to a string and then replaces all the occurrences of the given regular expression with the specified substitute string.

Usage

String.regsub(regexp,substitute)

Or

regsub(String,regexp,substitute)

Where:

regexp Is a regular expression to find in the String.

substitute Is a String to replace for the located regular expression.

Returns

String: The result of substituting each occurrence of the matched regular expression with the substitute string.

Examples:

set a = “Hello There”;

echo ${a.regsub("^.e",“x”)};

// echoes “xllo there”;

See Also

substr(), length()