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# Functions for searching and replacing in strings
## replaceOne(haystack, pattern, replacement)
Replaces the first occurrence, if it exists, of the 'pattern' substring in 'haystack' with the 'replacement' substring.
Hereafter, 'pattern' and 'replacement' must be constants.
## replaceAll(haystack, pattern, replacement)
Replaces all occurrences of the 'pattern' substring in 'haystack' with the 'replacement' substring.
## replaceRegexpOne(haystack, pattern, replacement)
Replacement using the 'pattern' regular expression. A re2 regular expression.
Replaces only the first occurrence, if it exists.
A pattern can be specified as 'replacement'. This pattern can include substitutions `\0-\9`.
The substitution `\0` includes the entire regular expression. Substitutions `\1-\9` correspond to the subpattern numbers.To use the `\` character in a template, escape it using `\`.
Also keep in mind that a string literal requires an extra escape.
Example 1. Converting the date to American format:
```sql
SELECT DISTINCT
EventDate,
replaceRegexpOne(toString(EventDate), '(\\d{4})-(\\d{2})-(\\d{2})', '\\2/\\3/\\1') AS res
FROM test.hits
LIMIT 7
FORMAT TabSeparated
```
```text
2014-03-17 03/17/2014
2014-03-18 03/18/2014
2014-03-19 03/19/2014
2014-03-20 03/20/2014
2014-03-21 03/21/2014
2014-03-22 03/22/2014
2014-03-23 03/23/2014
```
Example 2. Copying a string ten times:
```sql
SELECT replaceRegexpOne('Hello, World!', '.*', '\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0\\0') AS res
```
```text
┌─res────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World!Hello, World! │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## replaceRegexpAll(haystack, pattern, replacement)
This does the same thing, but replaces all the occurrences. Example:
```sql
SELECT replaceRegexpAll('Hello, World!', '.', '\\0\\0') AS res
```
```text
┌─res────────────────────────┐
│ HHeelllloo,, WWoorrlldd!! │
└────────────────────────────┘
```
As an exception, if a regular expression worked on an empty substring, the replacement is not made more than once.
Example:
```sql
SELECT replaceRegexpAll('Hello, World!', '^', 'here: ') AS res
```
```text
┌─res─────────────────┐
│ here: Hello, World! │
└─────────────────────┘
```