fn: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

Namespace

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

Links to W3C specifications

XPath 2.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.0 Functions and Operators

XPath 3.1 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 matches() function for details.

See also:

fn:matches()