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Elixir Cookbook

By : Paulo Pereira
Book Image

Elixir Cookbook

By: Paulo Pereira

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Elixir Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Replacing string codepoints with patterns


In this recipe, we will demonstrate how to replace codepoints in a string using a match pattern. We will use the String.replace/4 function to help with this task.

Note

A codepoint, in this context, is the binary representation of a UTF-8 encoded character.

Getting ready

This recipe will be performed inside an IEx session. Start it by executing the iex command in your command line.

How to do it…

To find a pattern in a string and replace it, follow these steps:

  1. Define a string:

  2. Define a string pattern to use with String.replace:

    iex(2)> my_pattern = "@"
    "@"
    
  3. Perform the replacement using the default options:

    iex(3)> String.replace(my_string, my_pattern, "(at)") 
    "user1(at)server.domain user2(at)server.domain"
    
  4. Perform the replacement only at the first pattern occurrence:

    iex(4)> String.replace(my_string, my_pattern, "(at)", global: false)
    "user1...