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

replaceAll(text, regex, replacement) #Output: Text

Parser expression Description

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

Parameters used in this function

Parameter	Input (data type)	Description
`text`		Any given text.
`regex`		A valid regular expression that grabs all substrings to be replaced.
`replacement`		This text will replace all substrings found by the regex.

This function returns a

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 Wor_d"

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

Use cases and examples

Short description	Replaces all substrings matching a regular expression with a given replacement.
Output
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Label