Examples/Module: dplreplace (example 2)

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Example

This replaces "a" and its following characters until the next "r", with "A". This example uses a regular expression as pattern, indicated by the "/" characters, and is using the lookahead syntax ? to find the "r".

Matches, with the group match in (): "a(br)", "a(kadabr)".

{{#dplreplace:abrakadabra|/a(.*?r)/|A}}

Result

AAa