replaceBeforeLast

Replace the substring before the last occurrence of a specified search string.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-base-replace-before-last

Usage

var replaceBeforeLast = require( '@stdlib/string-base-replace-before-last' );

replaceBeforeLast( str, search, replacement, fromIndex )

Replaces the substring before the last occurrence of a specified search string.

var str = 'beep boop';
var out = replaceBeforeLast( str, ' ', 'loop', str.length );
// returns 'loop boop'

out = replaceBeforeLast( str, 'o', 'bar', str.length );
// returns 'barop'

To begin searching from a specific index, provide a corresponding fromIndex argument.

var out = replaceBeforeLast( 'beep boop beep', ' ', 'loop', 5 );
// returns 'loop boop beep'

If fromIndex is less than zero, the starting index is resolved relative to the last string character, with the last string character corresponding to fromIndex = -1.

var out = replaceBeforeLast( 'beep boop beep', ' ', 'loop', -1 );
// returns 'loop beep'

Notes

• If a search string is not present in a provided string, the function returns the provided string unchanged.
• If a search string is an empty string, the function returns the provided string unchanged.
• If fromIndex resolves to an index which is less than 0, the function returns the provided string unchanged.

Examples

var replaceBeforeLast = require( '@stdlib/string-base-replace-before-last' );

var str = 'beep boop';
var out = replaceBeforeLast( str, 'p', 'see', str.length );
// returns 'seep'

str = 'Hello World!';
out = replaceBeforeLast( str, 'xyz', 'foo', str.length );
// returns 'Hello World!'

str = 'Hello World!';
out = replaceBeforeLast( str, '', 'foo', str.length );
// returns 'Hello World!'

str = '';
out = replaceBeforeLast( str, 'xyz', 'foo', str.length );
// returns ''

See Also

• @stdlib/string-base/replace-after-last: replace the substring after the last occurrence of a specified search string.
• @stdlib/string-base/replace-after: replace the substring after the first occurrence of a specified search string.
• @stdlib/string-base/replace-before: replace the substring before the first occurrence of a specified search string.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

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