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functx:replace-beginning

Replaces the beginning of a string, up to a matched pattern

Description

The functx:replace-beginning function replaces the beginning of $arg (up to and including the first area that matches $pattern) with $replacement. If no area matches the pattern, no replacement is made.

Arguments and Return Type

XQuery Function Declaration

declare namespace functx = "http://www.functx.com";
declare function functx:replace-beginning
  ( $arg as xs:string? ,
    $pattern as xs:string ,
    $replacement as xs:string )  as xs:string {

   replace($arg, concat('^.*?', $pattern), $replacement)
 } ;

Examples

functx:replace-beginning('abc-def', '-', 'xxx')

xxxdef

functx:replace-beginning('abc-def', '-', '')

def

functx:replace-beginning(
   '---abc', '[a-z]', 'x')

xbc

functx:replace-beginning(
     '2004-12-05', '-', '2005-')

2005-12-05

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