<primary>regexp_replace</primary>
</indexterm>
<function>regexp_replace</function> ( <parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>, <parameter>pattern</parameter> <type>text</type>, <parameter>replacement</parameter> <type>text</type>
- [, <parameter>flags</parameter> <type>text</type> ] )
+ <optional>, <parameter>flags</parameter> <type>text</type> </optional> )
<returnvalue>text</returnvalue>
</para>
<para>
<entry role="func_table_entry"><para role="func_signature">
<function>regexp_replace</function> ( <parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>, <parameter>pattern</parameter> <type>text</type>, <parameter>replacement</parameter> <type>text</type>,
<parameter>start</parameter> <type>integer</type>
- [, <parameter>N</parameter> <type>integer</type>
- [, <parameter>flags</parameter> <type>text</type> ] ] )
+ <optional>, <parameter>N</parameter> <type>integer</type>
+ <optional>, <parameter>flags</parameter> <type>text</type> </optional> </optional> )
<returnvalue>text</returnvalue>
</para>
<para>
It has the syntax
<function>regexp_replace</function>(<replaceable>string</replaceable>,
<replaceable>pattern</replaceable>, <replaceable>replacement</replaceable>
- <optional>, <replaceable>start</replaceable>
+ <optional>, <replaceable>flags</replaceable> </optional>)
+ or
+ <function>regexp_replace</function>(<replaceable>string</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable>pattern</replaceable>, <replaceable>replacement</replaceable>,
+ <replaceable>start</replaceable>
<optional>, <replaceable>N</replaceable>
- </optional></optional>
- <optional>, <replaceable>flags</replaceable> </optional>).
- (Notice that <replaceable>N</replaceable> cannot be specified
- unless <replaceable>start</replaceable> is,
- but <replaceable>flags</replaceable> can be given in any case.)
+ <optional>, <replaceable>flags</replaceable> </optional></optional>).
The source <replaceable>string</replaceable> is returned unchanged if
there is no match to the <replaceable>pattern</replaceable>. If there is a
match, the <replaceable>string</replaceable> is returned with the