StringReplace

Replaces regex match/es in string. Returns the string after replace was preformed.

Type: javascript
Pack: CommonScripts

Source

if ((typeof args.data) !== 'string') {
    return {
        Type: entryTypes.error,
        ContentsFormat: formats.text,
        Contents: 'Invalid input - please make sure \'data\' is of type string'
    }
}

var arr = [];
if (args.replaceAll === 'true') {
    arr.push('g');
}
if (args.caseInsensitive === 'true') {
    arr.push('i');
}
if (args.multiLine === 'true') {
    arr.push('m');
}

var newValue = args.newValue === "''" ? "" : args.newValue;
var r = new RegExp(args.regex, arr.join(''));
var val = args.data.replace(r, newValue);

//if no match found - return the original string
setContext('StringReplace.Result', val);
return {
    Type: entryTypes.note,
    Contents: val,
    ContentsFormat: formats.text
};

README

Replaces regex match/es that are found in the string.
This script will return the string after the replacement was performed.

Script Data

Name	Description
Script Type	javascript
Tags	Utility

Inputs

Argument Name	Description
data	The string to perform the replacement on.
regex	The regex used to find matches that will be replaced with a new value.
newValue	The new value to replace the regex match. Pass ‘’ to remove regex match.
replaceAll	Whether to replace matches. Pass true to replace all matches, false to replace only the first occurrence.
caseInsensitive	Whether to perform a case-insensitive search and replace. Pass true to perform case-insensitive search and replace, false for case-sensitive.
multiLine	Pass true to indicate ‘data’ is a multi-line string, false otherwise.

Outputs

Path	Description	Type
StringReplace.Result	The string after the replacement was performed.	Unknown