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Replace all (sub)strings by a regex pattern.

This command requires a plugin

The polars replace-all command resides in the polars plugin. To use this command, you must install and register nu_plugin_polars. See the Plugins chapter in the book for more information.

Signature

> polars replace-all {flags}

Flags

• --pattern, -p {string}: Regex pattern to be matched
• --replace, -r {string}: replacing string

Input/output types:

input	output
any	any

Examples

Replaces string in a column

> [[a]; [abac] [abac] [abac]] | polars into-df | polars select (polars col a | polars replace-all --pattern a --replace A) | polars collect
╭───┬──────╮
│ # │  a   │
├───┼──────┤
│ 0 │ AbAc │
│ 1 │ AbAc │
│ 2 │ AbAc │
╰───┴──────╯

Replaces string

> [abac abac abac] | polars into-df | polars replace-all --pattern a --replace A
╭───┬──────╮
│ # │  0   │
├───┼──────┤
│ 0 │ AbAc │
│ 1 │ AbAc │
│ 2 │ AbAc │
╰───┴──────╯