Replace (PQL)
Returns replaces instances of the search string found inside a provided string with a replacement string.
- Returned Output: Text
- Library: PQL \ Granular \ String
- Version: 2023.00.000
- Compatibility: Pyramid Query Language (PQL) data sources
Syntax
* Click on the function's arguments above for more details on the input values.
Comments
- The column needs to be an attribute with string / text values in the model. (The data type needs to be 'string')
- The search and replace text should be strings in double quotes.
- The function replaces ALL instances in the target column.
- For details on how to employ and use this function see the custom column overview.
Different Function types
- This function is similar to the PQL semantic and common functions of the same name. However, it operates on a column directly at the grain.
- As a granular function, it is used in the base SQL query itself.
Examples
This example returns a column of text where all "a" characters in the firstname column have been switched to "*" characters.
Replace([customers].[FirstName],"A","*")
You can see the effect from this example snippet in column #8 below, based on the source column in positions #1.