replace_literal

Description:

public string replace_literal (string str, ssize_t string_len, int start_position, string replacement, RegexMatchFlags match_options = 0) throws RegexError

Replaces all occurrences of the pattern in this with the replacement text.

replacement is replaced literally, to include backreferences use replace .

Setting start_position differs from just passing over a shortened string and setting NOTBOL in the case of a pattern that begins with any kind of lookbehind assertion, such as "\b".

Parameters:

this	a Regex structure
string_len	the length of `string`, or -1 if `string` is nul-terminated
start_position	starting index of the string to match
replacement	text to replace each match with
match_options	options for the match
string	the string to perform matches against

Returns:

a newly allocated string containing the replacements