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


findReplaceFirst(text, stringToBeReplaced, replacement) #Output: Text



Parser expressionDescription


findReplaceFirst("Goodbye my love, hello my friend.", "my", "your")


This example returns

Goodbye your love, hello my friend.



Parameters used in this function

ParameterInput (data type)Description
text

Any given text.
stringToBeReplaced

The string that should be replaced.
replacement

The replacement for the first found substring matching the stringToBeReplaced.



This function returns a


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



Parser function cloudfindReplaceFirst()
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Short description

Replaces the first occurrence of a given substring with the given replacement.

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