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Replace the first regex match in a string with a static string

Transform "Red Green Blue" into "R*d Green Blue" by replacing /e/ with "*"
ruby
p "Red Green Blue".sub(/e/,'*')
java
String replaced = "Red Green Blue".replaceFirst("e", "*");
perl
$text =~s/e/*/;
groovy
replaced = "Red Green Blue".replaceFirst("e", "*")
scala
val replaced = "Red Green Blue".replaceFirst("e", "*")
python
print re.sub(r'e', '*', 'Red Green Blue', 1)
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("e"))->Replace("Red Green Blue", "*", 1);
fsharp
let replaced = ((new Regex("e")).Replace("Red Green Blue", "*", 1))
printfn "%s" replaced
erlang
{ok, Replaced, _} = regexp:sub("Red Green Blue", "e", "*"),
re:replace("Red Green Blue", "e", "*", [{return, list}]).
php
echo preg_replace('/e/', '*', "Red Green Blue", 1);

Replace all regex matches in a string with a static string

Transform "She sells sea shells" into "She X X shells" by replacing /se\w+/ with "X"
ruby
replaced = text.gsub(/se\w+/,"X")
java
String replaced = text.replaceAll("se\\w+", "X");
perl
$text = "She sells sea shells";
$text =~ s/se\w+/X/g;
groovy
replaced = text.replaceAll(/se\w+/,"X")
scala
val replaced = "She sells sea shells".replaceAll("se\\w+", "X")
python
transformed = re.sub(r'se\w+', 'X', 'She sells sea shells')
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("se\\w+"))->Replace("She sells sea shells", "X");
String^ Replaced = Regex::Replace("She sells sea shells", "se\\w+", "X");
fsharp
let replaced = ((new Regex("se\\w+")).Replace("She sells sea shells", "X"))
printfn "%s" replaced
erlang
% Erlang uses 'egrep'-compatible regular expressions, so shortcuts like '\w' not supported
{ok, Replaced, _} = regexp:gsub("She sells sea shells", "se[A-Za-z0-9_]+", "X"),
re:replace("She sells sea shells", "se\\w+", "X", [global, {return, list}]).
php
echo preg_replace('/se\w+/', 'X', 'She sells sea shells');

Replace all regex matches in a string with a dynamic string

Transform "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}" into "The kciuQ Brown xoF" by reversing words in braces using the regex /\{(\w+)\}/.
ruby
"The {Quick} Brown {Fox}".gsub(/\{(\w+)\}/) {|s| s[1..-2].reverse }
java
Matcher m = Pattern.compile("\\{(\\w+)\\}").matcher("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}");
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(32), rsb = new StringBuffer(8);

while (m.find())
{
rsb.replace(0, rsb.length(), m.group(1)); rsb.reverse(); m.appendReplacement(sb, rsb.toString());
}
m.appendTail(sb);
perl
$text = "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}";
$text =~ s/\{(\w+)\}/reverse($1)/ge;
groovy
replaced = "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}".replaceAll(/\{(\w+)\}/, { full, word -> word.reverse() } )
scala
val m = Pattern.compile("\\{(\\w+)\\}").matcher("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}")
val sb = new StringBuffer(32) ; val rsb = new StringBuffer(8)

while (m.find) { rsb.replace(0, rsb.length, m.group(1)) ; m.appendReplacement(sb, rsb.reverse.toString) }
m.appendTail(sb)
python
transformed = re.sub(r'\{(\w+)\}',
lambda match: match.group(1)[::-1],
'The {Quick} Brown {Fox}')
cpp
String^ Replaced = (gcnew Regex("{(\\w+)}"))->Replace("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}", gcnew MatchEvaluator(&RegRep::RepGroup));
String^ Replaced = Regex::Replace("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}", "{(\\w+)}", gcnew MatchEvaluator(&RegRep::RepGroup));
fsharp
open System
open System.Text.RegularExpressions
let reverseMatch (m:Match) =
String(m.Groups.[1].Value.ToCharArray() |> Array.rev)
let output = Regex.Replace("The {Quick} Brown {Fox}", @"\{(\w+)\}", reverseMatch)
erlang
% Erlang regular expressions lack both group capture and backreferences, thus this problem is not directly
% solvable. Presented solution is close, but not on-spec

String = "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}",
{match, FieldList} = regexp:matches(String, "\{([A-Za-z0-9_]+)\}"),

NewString = lists:foldl(fun ({Start, Length}, S) -> replstr(S, lists:reverse(string:substr(S, Start, Length)), Start) end, String, FieldList),
php
// We have to use the e-modifier
preg_replace("/\{(\w+)\}/e", "''.strrev('\\1').''", "The {Quick} Brown {Fox}");