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Search and Replace String (G Dataflow)
Replaces all instances of a substring with another substring.
multiline?
A Boolean value that determines whether to treat the text in the input string as a multiple-line string. This affects how the ^ and $ characters handle matches.
| True | ^ matches the beginning of any line in the input string. $ matches the end of any line in the input string. |
| False | ^ matches only the beginning of the input string. $ matches only the end of the input string. |
Default: False
ignore case
replace all
input string
The string this node searches.
search string
The string you want to replace if it exists in the input string.
Implications of Empty String
If search string is an empty string and replace all is False, the node inserts replace string at the beginning of input string. If search string is an empty string and replace all is True, the node inserts replace string at the beginning of input string, in between each character, and at the end.
replace string
The string used to replace search string in input string.
Default: Empty string
offset
The number of bytes into the input string at which this node starts searching.
The offset of the first byte in the input string is 0. If offset is beyond the end of the input string, this node returns an empty string.
Strings are encoded in UTF-8. For strings containing characters in the U+0000 through U+007F range, the number of bytes in a string is equivalent to the number of characters. However, for strings containing the characters U+0080 through U+7FFFFFFF, the number of bytes is greater than the number of characters.
error in
Error conditions that occur before this node runs.
The node responds to this input according to standard error behavior.
Standard Error Behavior
Many nodes provide an error in input and an error out output so that the node can respond to and communicate errors that occur while code is running. The value of error in specifies whether an error occurred before the node runs. Most nodes respond to values of error in in a standard, predictable way.
Default: No error
result string
The input string with one or all occurrences of search string replaced with replace string.
If replace string is empty, result string contains input string with search string deleted.
number of replacements
Number of times this node replaced search string.
offset past replacement
The offset of the byte immediately following where the last match and replacement occurred in the result string.
If the node does not find the search string, this output is -1.
If replace all is False, the next match, if any, is after this point.
Strings are encoded in UTF-8. For strings containing characters in the U+0000 through U+007F range, the number of bytes in a string is equivalent to the number of characters. However, for strings containing the characters U+0080 through U+7FFFFFFF, the number of bytes is greater than the number of characters.
error out
Error information.
The node produces this output according to standard error behavior.
Standard Error Behavior
Many nodes provide an error in input and an error out output so that the node can respond to and communicate errors that occur while code is running. The value of error in specifies whether an error occurred before the node runs. Most nodes respond to values of error in in a standard, predictable way.
Searching for Complex Patterns
If you want to search for complex patterns, like 5-character substrings ending with d, configure this node to search using regular expressions. Select Regular Expression in the Behavior section of the Item tab. This enables you to search for matches using regular expressions in the search string input.
You can also use the Match Regular Expression node instead, which uses the same regular expression syntax.
Where This Node Can Run:
Desktop OS: Windows
FPGA: DAQExpress does not support FPGA devices