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replace(String, Regex): ((Array<String>, Number) -> String) -> String

Replaces the part of a string that matches a regular expression and requires the use of with to specify the replacement.

Parameters

Name Description

text

A string (String type).

matcher

A regular expression for matching characters in the text.

Example

This example replaces the numbers at the end of a string with different characters. Note that you can also use this notation replace(text,matcher) with string (for example, replace("admin123", /(\d+)/) with("ID")).

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{ "replace" : "admin123" replace /(\d+)/ with "ID" }

Output

{
  "replace": "adminID"
}

replace(String, String): ((Array<String>, Number) -> String) -> String

Replaces part of a string with another string.

Parameters

Name Description

text

A string (String type).

matcher

A string (String type) for matching characters in the text.

Example

This example replaces the numbers at the end of a string with different characters.

Source

%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{ "replace": "admin123" replace "123" with "ID" }

Output

{
  "replace": "adminID"
}