4. delete-text
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4. delete-text

delete-text(pattern, flags?, from?)

Delete text matching regular expression pattern from node from. Parameter from defaults to the context node. The text is deleted no matter the node containing it: node from, descendants of node from or a mix between node from and its descendants.

Optional flags may be used to parametrize the behavior of the regular expression:

a

Delete all occurrences of pattern.

m

Operate in multi-line mode. In multi-line mode, the expressions ^ and $ match just after or just before, respectively, a line terminator or the end of the input sequence. By default, these expressions only match at the beginning and the end of the entire input sequence.

s

Operate in single line mode. In single line mode, the expression . matches any character, including a line terminator. By default, this expression does not match line terminators.

i

Operate in case-insensitive mode (in a manner consistent with the Unicode Standard).

l

Treat the pattern as a sequence of literal characters.

Regular expression reference: java.util.regex.Pattern.

Examples:

delete-text("Note:\s*");

delete-text("\n", "as");

delete-text("^\s+", "", $div);
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