VirtualString.Merge(String, String, Variable) Method

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Description

Returns a "Merged" form of the calling String based on the specified regular expression. The merge is a replacement of the text matched by the regular expression with the value of the second argument.

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Method Signature

VirtualString.Merge(	String regularExpression,
	String replacementString,
	Variable replaceOption)

Arguments

regularExpression
Description:	A regular expression that defines the pattern to search for when merging strings.

replacementString
Description:	String to use in place of the text matched by the regular expression.

replaceOption
Description:	Replace first match (replaceOption should be 0) or all matches (replaceOption should be 1).
Valid Range:	0 ≤ replaceOption ≤ 1

Return Value

Type:

string

Returns a "Merged" form of the calling String based on the regular expression specified by regularExpression. The merge is a replacement of the text matched by the regular expression with the value of replacementString.

Syntax

myString1 = myString2.ToLowercase().Merge(myString3, myString4, myVariable1);