Discussion

This Mockingbird function accepts two or more pipe-separated string expressions as parameters:

• The input string against which the regular expressions will be matched

• One or more regular expressions to be matched against the input string

All characters in the input string matching any of the regular expressions will be removed, and the resulting string will be returned.

Expression usage

^stripRegex(ThisIsAStringThatWillBeStripped|[TIASWB]|[a-e]|ripp)

The expression above would result in the string “hisstringhtillt”.

Quoting regular expressions

It is sometimes necessary to quote the regular expression string to prevent it from being incorrectly interpreted.

For example, the Mockingbird expression engine will normally recognize a pipe character (|) within the parentheses of a function call as being a parameter separator. If you want to use the pipe character within a regular expression, you will need to quote it.

If you want to apply the regular expression (send |don't ), you would use the quoted form ^q((send |don't )), as in:

^stripRegex(send now, don't send later|^q((send |don't )))

The expression above returns the string “now, later”.

Discussion

This Mockingbird function accepts three pipe-separated string expressions as parameters:

• The input string against which the regular expressions will be matched

• The regular expression to be matched against the input string

• The replacement string

All matches of regular expression in the input string will be replaced by the replacement string, and the resulting string will be returned.

Expression usage

^replaceRegex(Release Me, Release Me|Release|Replace)

The expression above would result in the string “Replace Me, Replace Me”.

Quoting regular expressions

It is sometimes necessary to quote the regular expression string to prevent it from being incorrectly interpreted.

For example, the Mockingbird expression engine will normally recognize a pipe character (|) within the parentheses of a function call as being a parameter separator. If you want to use the pipe character within a regular expression, you will need to quote it.

If you want to apply the regular expression ([A-Z]ets|, ), you would use the quoted form ^q(([A-Z]ets|, )), as in:

^replaceRegex(Yankees, Mets, Jets, Nets|^q(([A-Z]ets|, ))|!)

The expression above results in the string “Yankees!!!!!!”.

Discussion

This Mockingbird function accepts two or more pipe-separated string expressions as parameters:

• The input string against which the regular expressions will be matched

• One or more regular expressions to be matched against the input string

Expression usage

^matchesRegex(212-555-1212|[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4})

The expression above results in the value @YES.

Quoting regular expressions

It is sometimes necessary to quote the regular expression string to prevent it from being incorrectly interpreted.

For example, the Mockingbird expression engine will normally recognize a pipe character (|) within the parentheses of a function call as being a parameter separator. If you want to use the pipe character within a regular expression, you will need to quote it.

If you want to apply the regular expression (^212-|^718-|^917-|^646-), you would use the quoted form ^q((^212-|^718-|^917-|^646-)), as in:

^matchesRegex(516-555-1212|^q(^212-|^718-|^917-|^646-))

The expression above results in the value @NO.