searchandreplace
Search and replace is a text processing operation that scans input data to locate occurrences of a specified pattern and substitutes them with a replacement string. It is widely used in editors, programming languages, and data-cleaning tools to modify text efficiently.
Patterns may be literal strings or patterns defined by regular expressions. Replacement strings can include references
Implementation typically involves a linear scan of the input, either building a new output or performing an
Applications include text normalization, code migrations, template processing, data anonymization, and localization tasks. The operation is
Related concepts include string matching, pattern matching, and text editing paradigms. Cautions include the risk of