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REGEXP_REPLACE_ONE

regexp_replace_one

description

Syntax

VARCHAR regexp_replace_one(VARCHAR str, VARCHAR pattern, VARCHAR repl)

Regular matching of STR strings, replacing the part hitting pattern with repl, replacing only the first match.

Character set matching requires the use of Unicode standard character classes. For example, to match Chinese, use \p{Han}.

example

mysql> SELECT regexp_replace_one('a b c', " ", "-");
+-----------------------------------+
| regexp_replace_one('a b c', ' ', '-') |
+-----------------------------------+
| a-b c |
+-----------------------------------+

mysql> SELECT regexp_replace_one('a b b','(b)','<\\1>');
+----------------------------------------+
| regexp_replace_one('a b b', '(b)', '<\1>') |
+----------------------------------------+
| a <b> b |
+----------------------------------------+

mysql> select regexp_replace_one('这是一段中文This is a passage in English 1234567', '\\p{Han}', '123');
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| regexp_replace_one('这是一段中文This is a passage in English 1234567', '\p{Han}', '123') |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 123是一段中文This is a passage in English 1234567 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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REGEXP_REPLACE_ONE,REGEXP,REPLACE,ONE