replace

Replaces the first occurrence matching the target string by the replacement string in the base string.

The replacement proceeds from the beginning of the string to the end, for example, replacing “aa” with “b” in the string “aaa” will result in “ba” rather than “ab”.

Category

String

Function syntax

replace(<parameters>)

Parameters

Signature and returned type

replace(<base>,<target>,<replacement>)

Return a string.

Example

replace("Hello World", "l", "x")

Returns “Hexlo World”.