160 If you want to replace multiple characters you can call the String.prototype.replace() with the replacement argument being a function that gets called for each match. All you need is an object representing the character mapping that you will use in that function.
What's the difference between java.lang.String 's replace() and replaceAll() methods, other than the latter uses regex? For simple substitutions like, replace . with /, is there any difference?
Yes! This is the natural flow - first select text, then open Find & Replace, then select Find in selection, then type term to find and replacement term and finally Replace all.
ECMAScript 2021 has added a new String function replaceAll. A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away, people used split + join or regular expressions to replace all occurences of a string. I cre...
118 In order to replace text using regular expression use the re.sub function: sub (pattern, repl, string [, count, flags]) It will replace non-everlaping instances of pattern by the text passed as string.
7 This function uses both the str.replace() and re.findall() functions. It will replace all occurences of pattern in string with repl in a case-insensitive way.
This means that your replace will replace all copies of the matched string with the replacement string you provide. A list of useful modifiers: g - Global replace. Replace all instances of the matched string in the provided text. i - Case insensitive replace. Replace all instances of the matched string, ignoring differences in case.
