regexprep
Replace text using regular expression.
📝Syntax
newStr = regexprep(str, expression, replace)
newStr = regexprep(..., option)
📥Input Arguments
Parameter Description
str a character vector, string array, or cell array of character vectors.
expression a regular expression.
replace replacement text. Token references such as $1 and $& are supported.
option 'once', an occurrence number, 'ignorecase', 'preservecase', and other regular expression options.
📤Output Arguments
Parameter Description
newStr text after replacement.
📄Description

regexprep replaces text matched by a regular expression. Replacement text can reference ordinal and named tokens.

💡Examples
regexprep('a1 b2', '(\w)(\d)', '$2-$1')
regexprep('My flowers may bloom in May', 'M(\w+)y', 'April', 'preservecase')
🔗See Also
regexpregexptranslate
🕔Version History
Version Description
1.17.0 initial version
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