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reReplaceNoCase

Uses a regular expression to search a string for a string pattern and replace it with another. The search is case-insensitive.

reReplaceNoCase(String, reg_expression, substring[, scope])

returns string

Member Function Syntax

string.reReplaceNoCase(reg_expression, substring[, scope])

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Values
String	string	Yes		A string or a variable that contains one
reg_expression	string	Yes		Regular expression to replace.
substring	string	Yes		A string or a variable that contains one. Replaces reg_expression
scope	string	No		* one: Replace the first occurrence of the regular expression. Default. * all: Replace all occurrences of the regular expression.	/Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/rereplacenocase.md	all

Strip Characters Using ReReplace

This example strips out all characters except a-z and 0-9.

reReplaceNoCase("test 123!", "[^a-z0-9]", "", "ALL")

Expected Result: test123

Extract Characters Using Back Reference

Uses a back reference: \1 to extract the pattern contained within the parenthesis.

reReplaceNoCase("123abc456", "[0-9]+([a-z]+)[0-9]+", "\1")

Expected Result: abc

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