What is it?
The search and replace filter is designed to be able to replace text either in a standard plain text mode or by using PCRE Regex.
How is it used?
Add Filter Crop From Start & End Search & Replace
The search and replace filter is similar to any search and replace field in a text editor. Include a word or string of text you would like to change, then leave the replace field blank if removing, or insert a new word or text string if you would like to replace it.
The search and replace filter also has the option to search using a Regular Expression pattern. When creating a pattern to use in Search and Replace groupings can be used to replace back the pattern with different formatting, in a different order, excluding portions etc.
Here is an example where the value is a 10 digit number in the example this will be broken down into 3 groups and replaced back with phone number formatting
With the following pattern there are 3 groupings of numbers within brackets, 3 digits, 3 digits, and 4 digits.
/^(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}$)/
When using that pattern it can then be replaced back separating the groups, each group would be represented in the replacement pattern as $1, $2, $3. Here is what that would look like:
How to Use the Search and Replace Filter