string substitution

B2General Programming

(technical)The process of replacing occurrences of a specified substring within a string with another substring.

Example

• In Python, you can use the replace method for string substitution.

C2Formal Language Theory

(technical, academic)A mapping that replaces characters in an alphabet with languages, creating a monoid morphism from the free monoid of the original alphabet to the power set of the target alphabet.

B2Regular Expressions

(technical)Using special elements in a replacement pattern to define what text should replace matched patterns in the input string.

Example

• In .NET, you can use `$&` to include the entire match in the replacement.

B2PowerShell

(technical)Embedding variables within double-quoted strings to create dynamic messages or commands.

Example

• In PowerShell, use double quotes to enable string substitution with variables.

B2R Programming

(technical)Using functions like `gsub` and `mgsub` for sequential or simultaneous replacements in strings.

Example

• The `gsub` function in R is commonly used for string substitution.

B2Python

(technical)Using dictionaries and the `format` method to replace placeholders in a string with values from a dictionary.

Example

• String substitution in Python can be done using the `format` method.