# Replace
# Usage
The function is used to replace the specific substring with given string.
Name: REPLACE
Input Series: Only support a single input series. The data type is TEXT.
Parameter:
target
: The target substring to be replaced.replace
: The string to be put on.limit
: The number of matches to be replaced which should be an integer no less than -1, default to -1 which means all matches will be replaced.offset
: The number of matches to be skipped, which means the firstoffset
matches will not be replaced, default to 0.reverse
: Whether to count all the matches reversely, default to 'false'.
Output Series: Output a single series. The type is TEXT.
# Examples
Input series:
+-----------------------------+---------------+
| Time|root.test.d1.s1|
+-----------------------------+---------------+
|2021-01-01T00:00:01.000+08:00| A,B,A+,B-|
|2021-01-01T00:00:02.000+08:00| A,A+,A,B+|
|2021-01-01T00:00:03.000+08:00| B+,B,B|
|2021-01-01T00:00:04.000+08:00| A+,A,A+,A|
|2021-01-01T00:00:05.000+08:00| A,B-,B,B|
+-----------------------------+---------------+
SQL for query:
select replace(s1, "target"=",", "replace"="/", "limit"="2") from root.test.d1
Output series:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Time|replace(root.test.d1.s1, "target"=",", "replace"="/", "limit"="2")|
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
|2021-01-01T00:00:01.000+08:00| A/B/A+,B-|
|2021-01-01T00:00:02.000+08:00| A/A+/A,B+|
|2021-01-01T00:00:03.000+08:00| B+/B/B|
|2021-01-01T00:00:04.000+08:00| A+/A/A+,A|
|2021-01-01T00:00:05.000+08:00| A/B-/B,B|
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Another SQL for query:
select replace(s1, "target"=",", "replace"="/", "limit"="1", "offset"="1", "reverse"="true") from root.test.d1
Output series:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Time|replace(root.test.d1.s1, "target"=",", "replace"="|", |
| | "limit"="1", "offset"="1", "reverse"="true") |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|2021-01-01T00:00:01.000+08:00| A,B/A+,B-|
|2021-01-01T00:00:02.000+08:00| A,A+/A,B+|
|2021-01-01T00:00:03.000+08:00| B+/B,B|
|2021-01-01T00:00:04.000+08:00| A+,A/A+,A|
|2021-01-01T00:00:05.000+08:00| A,B-/B,B|
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
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