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replace

Find and replace substrings in Stateflow chart

Since R2021b

Description

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newStr = replace(str,old,new) replaces instances of the substring old that occur in the string str with the string new.

Note

The replace operator is not supported in Stateflow® charts that use C as the action language.

Examples

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Replace a substring to form the string "Hello, Mars!".

str = "Hello, world!";
newStr = replace(str,"world","Mars");

Stateflow chart that uses the replace operator in a state.

Input Arguments

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Input string, specified as a string scalar. Enclose literal strings with double quotes.

Example: "Hello"

Substring to replace, specified as a string scalar. Enclose literal strings with double quotes.

Example: "Hello"

New substring, specified as a string scalar. Enclose literal strings with double quotes.

Example: "Hello"

Limitations

Algorithms

The replace operator replaces sequential substrings. For example, replace("abc 2 def 22 ghi 222 jkl 2222","22","*") returns "abc 2 def * ghi *2 jkl **". To replace overlapping substrings, use strrep. For more information, see Replace Repeated Pattern.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b