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_Added in 1.9.0_

*$regsubex([name], text, re, subtext, [%var|&binvar])*

Performs a regular [[Scripting_Regex|regular expression]] and then performs a substitution using subtext.

Returns the substituted text.

*Parameters*

[name] - Name of the search, which can later be referenced using [[$regml]]. (optional)

text - The text to search.

re - The [[Scripting_Regex|regular expression]] to perform.

subtext - Subtext to replace with.

[%var|&binvar] - Optionally output the text to a %var or a &binvar. ([name] must be defined and returns the number of matches instead of the substituted text)

*Subtext*

The subtext evaluates identifiers before performing the substitution and special markers can be used to reference various parts of the result.

\0 - Returns the number of matches.

\n - Returns the current match number.

\t - Returns the current match text (same as [[$regml]](\n)).

\a - Returns all matching items.

\A - Returns a non-spaced version of \a.

\1 \2 \N ... - Returns the Nth back-reference made for a given match 

*Example*

<pre>

; Find all lowercase 'a-z' characters and replace them with an uppercase character.

//echo -ag $regsubex(abcdefg,/([a-z])/g,$upper(\1))

</pre>