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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

replace

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Replaces all occurrences in string of substring from with substring to.

Signatures & examples

replace ( string text, from text, to text ) → text
Replaces all occurrences in string of substring from with substring to.
replace('abcdefabcdef', 'cd', 'XX') → abXXefabXXef
Version history 1
  1. PG 12 → 13changed

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