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.
Parameters |
Description |
|---|---|
arg:string() |
the entire string to change |
pattern:string() |
the pattern of characters to replace up to |
replacement:string() |
the replacement string |
Examples
XPath |
Results |
|---|---|
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 |