re-replace ( string regexp replacement -- result )
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Vocabulary
regexp

Inputs

string	a string
regexp	a regexp
replacement	a string

Outputs

result

a string

Word description
Replaces substrings which match the input regexp with the given replacement text. The boundaries of the substring are chosen by the strategy used by all-matching-slices.

Examples

USING: prettyprint regexp ; "python is pythonic" R/ python/ "factor" re-replace .
"factor is factoric"

See also
re-replace-with

Definition

USING: kernel regexp.private sequences sequences.private ;

IN: regexp

: re-replace ( string regexp replacement -- result )
    [ [ subseq-unsafe ] (re-split) ] dip join ;