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    Per Amundsen, 08/13/2015 10:46 AM 
    
    
Added in 1.9.0
$regsub([name], text, re, subtext, %var)
Performs a regular regular expression and then performs a substitution using subtext.
Returns the number of substitutions made, and assigns the result to %var.
Parameters
[name] - Name of the search, which can later be referenced using $regml. (optional)
text - The text to search.
re - The regular expression to perform.
subtext - Subtext to replace with.
%var - Variable to assign the result to.
Example
alias Example {
  ; Create a local variable.
  var %Example
  ; Perform a search for '([O])' and replace it with 'o' and fill the variable %Example with the result.
  noop $regsub(name,HellO WOrld,/([O])/g,o,%Example)
  ; Print the result.
  echo -a $regml(name,0) : $regml(name,1) -- $regml(name,2) : %Example
}
Updated by Per Amundsen about 10 years ago · 6 revisions