fn:replace

fn:replace(string? $input, string $pattern, string $replacement) → string?

Function signature

$input

xs:string ?

$pattern

xs:string

$replacement

xs:string

Result

xs:string ?

Replaces sequences of characters within a string that match a given regular expression

XPath 2.0 Specification

Note: Upgraded in Saxon 7.9 to match the precise regex syntax and to support all four flags s, m, i, x. Also changed to disallow a pattern that matches a zero-length string.


fn:replace(string? $input, string? $pattern, string? $replacement, string? $flags) → string?

Function signature

$input

xs:string ?

$pattern

xs:string

$replacement

xs:string

$flags

xs:string

Result

xs:string ?

Replaces sequences of characters within a string that match a given regular expression, specifying flags to control the way the regular expression is matched

XPath 2.0 Specification

Note: Upgraded in Saxon 7.9 to match the precise regex syntax and to support all four flags s, m, i, x. Also changed to disallow a pattern that matches a zero-length string.


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