ee.String.replace

Returns a new string with some or all matches of a pattern replaced.

Usage	Returns
String.replace(regex, replacement, flags)	String

Argument	Type	Details
this: input	String	The string in which to search.
regex	String	The regular expression to match.
replacement	String	The string that replaces the matched substring.
flags	String, default: ""	A string specifying a combination of regular expression flags, specifically one or more of: 'g' (global match) or 'i' (ignore case)

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X'));  // X-abc
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X', 'g'));  // X-X
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', '', 'g'));  // -
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'i'));  // Z-Abc
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'ig'));  // Z-Z

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using geemap for interactive development.

import ee
import geemap.core as geemap

Colab (Python)

print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X').getInfo())  # X-abc
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', 'X', 'g').getInfo())  # X-X
print(ee.String('abc-abc').replace('abc', '', 'g').getInfo())  # -
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'i').getInfo())  # Z-Abc
print(ee.String('aBc-Abc').replace('abc', 'Z', 'ig').getInfo())  # Z-Z