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r:replace

<r:replace />

This tag uses regular expressions to replace the content inside the tag with whatever characters you specify.

Attribute Options:

  • match - The regular expression pattern to use to match what characters to replace. String.
  • with - The characters to replace what was matched in the match attribute. String.

Examples:

<r:replace match="WordPress" with="CleanSlate">
  WordPress is the best CMS.
</r:replace>
<!-- Output: "CleanSlate is the best CMS." -->
<!-- RegEx matches any digit -->
<r:replace match="\d" with="A">123</r:replace>
<!-- Output: "AAA" -->
<!-- Regex to grab individual strings, sans commas and spaces -->
<!-- Regex from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5001626 -->
<r:replace match="[^,\s][^\,]*[^,\s]*" with="Renamed tag">
  tag_1, tag 2, label-3, example
</r:replace>
<!-- Output: "Renamed tag, Renamed tag, Renamed tag, Renamed tag" -->

{{ "Hello World" | replace: "Hello", "Hi" }}

Replaces every occurrence of the first argument in a string with the second argument.

View the official Liquid documentation for the replace filter.

Examples

{{ "Wordpress is the best CMS" | replace: "Wordpress", "CleanSlate" }}
<!-- Output: "CleanSlate is the best CMS." -->
<!-- Input: page.name = "Wordpress is the best CMS" -->
{{ page.name | replace: "Wordpress", "CleanSlate" }}
<!-- Output: "CleanSlate is the best CMS." -->
{{ "Morgantown is located in Morgantown, WV." | replace_first: "Morgantown", "WVU" }}
<!-- Output: "WVU is located in Morgantown, WV." -->

Note: Liquid does not support Regular Expressions (RegEx) due to security reasons. It does have a wide variety of Filters that can likely suit your needs.

Last updated on March 16, 2021.

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