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This function replaces all substrings matching the given regular expression with a given replacement.

Syntax
replaceAll(text, regex, replacement) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
replaceAll(" Hello World ", "\\s", "")

This example returns:

HelloWorld

All whitespace characters have been removed. 

\s is the regular expression equivalent for a whitespace.

replaceAll(" He__o Wor_d ", "_", "l")

This example returns:

Hello World

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
text

TEXT

Any given text.
regex

TEXT

A valid regular expression that grabs all substrings to be replaced.
replacement

TEXT

This text will replace all substrings found by the regex.
Output

This function returns a TEXT

This expression could be used to e.g. modify an issue's summary or description.

If you want to replace only the first matching occurrence, have a look at the replaceFirst() function.

replaceFirst("Hello World", "l", "_")replaceAll("Hello World", "l", "_")
"He_lo World""He__o World"

If you don't want to use a regular expression, have a look at the findReplaceAll() function.