This function replaces the first occurrence of a given text with a given replacement.

Syntax
findReplaceFirst(text, textToBeReplaced, replacement) #Output: Text
Examples
Parser expressionDescription
%{findReplaceFirst("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your")}

This example returns:

Goodbye your love, hello my friend.

Additional information

Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
text

TEXT

Any given text.
textToBeReplaced

TEXT

The string that should be replaced.
replacement

TEXT

The replacement for the first found substring matching the textToBeReplaced.
Output

This function returns a TEXT

If you want to use a regular expression instead, have a look at replaceFirst().

If you want to replace all occurences of a substring, have a look at findReplaceAll().


Use cases and examples