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REPLACE - pattern
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Syntax
... {[SUBSTRING] substring} | {REGEX regex} ... .
Effect
Definition of a search pattern for the statements REPLACE
and REPLACE IN TABLE. The search can either search for a substring substring or for a
regular
expression regex. substring and a directly specified regex are
character-like expression
positions. The syntax and semantics are the same as in the definition of a search pattern for the statement FIND.
Note
A regular expression can be have correct syntax, but be too complex for the execution of the statement
REPLACE, which raises a handleable exception of the class CX_SY_REGEX_TOO_COMPLEX. Refer to
Exceptions in Regular Expressions.