MarkLogic Server 11.0 Product Documentationfn.replace
fn.replace( input as String?, pattern as String, replacement as String, [flags as String] ) as String?
Summary
Returns a string constructed by replacing the specified $pattern on the $input string with the specified $replacement string.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| input | The string to start with. |
| pattern | The regular expression pattern to match. If the pattern does not match the $input string, the function will return the $input string unchanged. |
| replacement | The regular expression pattern to replace the $pattern with. It can also be a capture expression (for more details, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-replace). |
| flags | The flag representing how to interpret the regular expression. One of "s", "m", "i", or "x", as defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#flags. |
Example
fn.replace("this is a string", "this", "that");
=> that is a string