ReplaceRegex

Replaces all matches of a regular expression in the specified text with a specified pattern.

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions for information about regular expressions.

This function can be used to replace the RemoveCarriageReturns, RemoveLineBreaks, Trim, TrimEnd, and TrimStart modifiers as used in CSM.

Syntax

ReplaceRegex(text, exp, pattern)

Enabled For

For a description of the business object categories, see Notes on "Enabled For".

Business Object Category	Yes/No
Business Rules: Before-Save Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (After Save, with or without Also Recalculate on Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, without Also Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Calculation Rules (Before Save or Always, with Recalculate On Load)	Yes
Business Rules: Editing Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Initialization Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Read Only Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Required Rules	Yes
Business Rules: Validation Rules	Yes
Client Expressions	Yes
Object Permissions	No
Services	Yes
LDAP	Yes
Mobile	Yes
Quick Actions (except UI Quick Actions)	Yes
UI Quick Actions	Yes
Reports	Yes
Search/Dashboard without field references	Yes
Search/Dashboard with field references	No

Parameters

Parameter	Description
text	The text in which to match.
exp	The regular expression to look for in the text.
pattern	The pattern with which to replace the regular expression.  Can have references to capture groups.

Return Value

Text value.

Example

$(ReplaceRegex("The large dog ran after the small cat.", /(The) ([a-z ]*) (dog .*) ([a-z]+) (cat)/,"$1 $4 $3 $2 $5"))

This example returns "The small dog ran after the large cat."