replace

Description:

public bool replace (TextIter match_start, TextIter match_end, string replace, int replace_length) throws Error

Replaces a search match by another text.

If match_start and match_end doesn't correspond to a search match, false is returned.

match_start and match_end iters are revalidated to point to the replacement text boundaries.

For a regular expression replacement, you can check if replace is valid by calling [[email protected]_replacement]. The replace text can contain backreferences.

Parameters:

this	a SearchContext.
match_start	the start of the match to replace.
match_end	the end of the match to replace.
replace	the replacement text.
replace_length	the length of `replace` in bytes, or -1.

Returns:

whether the match has been replaced.