1{
2  "name": "regexp_replace",
3  "type": "function",
4  "groups": ["String"],
5  "description": "Returns a string with the supplied regular expression replaced.",
6  "arguments": [ {"arg":"input_string","description":"the string to replace matches in"},
7  {"arg":"regex","description":"The regular expression to replace. Backslash characters must be double escaped (e.g., \"\\\\\\\\s\" to match a white space character)."},
8  {"arg":"replacement","description":"The string that will replace any matching occurrences of the supplied regular expression. Captured groups can be inserted into the replacement string using \\\\\\\\1, \\\\\\\\2, etc."}
9  ],
10  "examples": [ { "expression":"regexp_replace('QGIS SHOULD ROCK','\\\\\\\\sSHOULD\\\\\\\\s',' DOES ')", "returns":"'QGIS DOES ROCK'"},
11                { "expression":"regexp_replace('ABC123','\\\\\\\\d+','')", "returns":"'ABC'"},
12                { "expression":"regexp_replace('my name is John','(.*) is (.*)','\\\\\\\\2 is \\\\\\\\1')", "returns":"'John is my name'"}
13              ]
14}
15