Returns a new string with some or all matches of a pattern replaced.
| Usage | Returns | String.replace(regex, replacement, flags) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: input | String | The string in which to search. |
regex | String | The regular expression to match. |
replacement | String | The string that replaces the matched substring. |
flags | String, default: "" | A string specifying a combination of regular expression flags, specifically one or more of: 'g' (global match) or 'i' (ignore case) |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X')); // X-abc
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X', 'g')); // X-X
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', '', 'g')); // -
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'i')); // Z-Abc
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'ig')); // Z-Z
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X').getInfo()) # X-abc
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X', 'g').getInfo()) # X-X
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', '', 'g').getInfo()) # -
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'i').getInfo()) # Z-Abc
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'ig').getInfo()) # Z-Z