REGEX_ESCAPE Function
Syntax
Arguments
- Formatted_String
Reformatted character data that will properly process in the REGEX functions.
- text
Character data including characters that have special meaning in the REGEX functions.
Description
Escapes characters that have special meaning in Regular Expressions
Discussion
The REGEX_ESCAPE() function processes a text string and escapes any characters that have special meaning within a regular expression. This is useful when passing text, not an expression, into the REGEX functions
Example
For example, lets replace the letter "a" in "Alpha Software" with "(b)".
? regex_merge("Alpha Software", "a", "(b)")
= "Alphb Softwbre"The replacement above was not quite right because the "(" and ")" were not included as Part of the replacement. They are two of the characters that have special meaning in regular expressions and need to be escaped:
? regex_merge("Alpha Software", "a", regex_escape("(b)"))
= "Alph(b) Softw(b)re"See Also