regexp:replace()
replaces the portions of a string that match a given regular expression with the contents of another string.
Syntax
regexp:replace(originalString, regExpString, flagsString, replaceString)
Arguments
originalString
- The string perform a search-and-replace operation upon.
regExpString
- The JavaScript style regular expression to evaluate.
flagsString
- The string containing character flags.
replaceString
- The string with which the matched substrings are to be replaced.
The character flags are:
g
- Global replace- If this flag is specified, all occurrences of the regular expression within the
originalString
are replaced. Otherwise only the first occurrence is replaced. i
- Case insensitive match- If this flag is specified, the match is performed in a case insensitive fashion.
Returns
The revised version of the string.
Defined
Gecko support
Supported in Gecko 1.9 and later.