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RegEx.ReplaceAll

Replaces patterns.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Text	The text to use.	"hello world"
Pattern	The pattern to use.	"l+"
Rewrite	The output pattern.	"\1\1"
Options	The PCRE options. Can be given as text or number.	0	Optional

Result

Returns new text or error.

Description

Examples

Replace all:

MBS( "RegEx.ReplaceAll"; "yabba dabba doo"; "b+"; "d" )

Example result: "yadda dadda doo"

Replace all greedy:

MBS( "RegEx.ReplaceAll"; "yabba dabba doo"; "b+"; "d"; "greedy" )

Example result: "yada dada doo"

Replace links with html:

MBS( "RegEx.ReplaceAll"; "This is a link to the Monkeybread Software site: http://www.mbsplugins.eu/ where Filemaker solutions can be found."; "(https?://[\w./]+)"; "<a href=\"\1\">\1</a>"; "caseless¶greedy" )

Example result: This is a link to the Monkeybread Software site: <a href="http://www.mbsplugins.eu/">http://www.mbsplugins.eu/</a> where Filemaker solutions can be found.

Replace all σ with ς in greek texts:

MBS( "RegEx.ReplaceAll"; "Ιωαννησ testσ testσ"; "([\p{Greek}\p{Latin}]+)σ(\W*)"; "\1ς\2" )

See also

• RegEx.Replace
• Text.ReplaceAll

Example Databases

• CURL/Email/IMAP Email
• WebViewer/Text To WebViewer

Blog Entries

• Text to Webviewer Script for FileMaker
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 7.5pr3

Release notes

• Version 7.5
  • Added RegEx.Replace, RegEx.ReplaceAll and RegEx.Quote functions.

Created 17th October 2017, last changed 23th July 2018

RegEx.Replace   -   RegEx.Results

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