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improve docs of replace(::String) with multiple replacements #57683

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improve docs of replace(::String) with multiple replacements #57683

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improve docs of multiple replacements in strings
lmiq Mar 7, 2025
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Expand Up @@ -1062,8 +1062,11 @@ is supplied, the transformed string is instead written to `io` (returning `io`).
(For example, this can be used in conjunction with an [`IOBuffer`](@ref) to re-use
a pre-allocated buffer array in-place.)

Multiple patterns can be specified, and they will be applied left-to-right
simultaneously, so only one pattern will be applied to any character, and the
Multiple patterns can be specified: The input string will be scanned only once
from start (left) to end (right), and the first matching replacement
will be applied to each substring. Replacements are applied in the order of
the arguments provided if they match substrings starting at the same
input string position. Thus, only one pattern will be applied to any character, and the
patterns will only be applied to the input text, not the replacements.

!!! compat "Julia 1.7"
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