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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 C++/CLI .NET 2.0

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", "*"),

erlang 12B3+

re:replace("Red Green Blue", "e", "*", [{return, list}]).

php

echo preg_replace('/e/', '*', "Red Green Blue", 1);

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