replace

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

replace($input as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string, $replacement as xs:string) ➔ xs:string

Arguments

 

$input

xs:string?

The input string, parts of which are to be replaced

 

$pattern

xs:string

The regular expression matching parts of the string that are to be replaced

 

$replacement

xs:string

The replacement string

Result

xs:string

replace($input as xs:string?, $pattern as xs:string, $replacement as xs:string, $flags as xs:string) ➔ xs:string

Arguments

 

$input

xs:string?

The input string, parts of which are to be replaced

 

$pattern

xs:string

The regular expression matching parts of the string that are to be replaced

 

$replacement

xs:string

The replacement string

 

$flags

xs:string

Flags controlling how the regular expression is interpreted

Result

xs:string

Links to W3C specifications

Namespace: http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions

Applies to: XPath 2.0, XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and later versions

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

Notes on the Saxon implementation

Saxon 9.3 introduces support for the q flag, and for XPath 3.0 regular expression enhancements, provided XPath 3.0 is enabled.

Saxon supports extended syntax for the flags argument: see the fn:matches function for details.